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WITH  A  COMPLETE  LIST  OF  THE  VARIOUS  TRAINING 

SCHOOLS  FOR  NURSES  IN  THE  UNITED 

STATES  AND  CANADA. 


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BDITKD  BY 


JANE  HODSON, 


DIRECTRESS  OF  NURSES,  STATE  HOSPITAL,  FOUNTAIN  SPRINGS,  PA. 

EX-MATRON  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  REUEF,  HUDSON  STREET,  NEW  YORK. 

GRADUATE  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  HOSPITAI,  TRAINING  SCHOOI,. 


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PREFACE. 


N  arrangi^ff  this  book  for  the  public,  and  particu- 
larly for   young^womeu  who  think  of  taking  up 
nursing  as  a  profession, ^ft  haye  endeavored  to  give 
a  complete  and  practical  guide  to  all  the  hospitals 
in  the  United  States  and  Canada  that  have  training  schools. 

The  statistics  have  been  furnished  by  the  officers  of  the 
different  institutions  and  schools,  and  thus  a  correctness  is 
obtained  that  could  not  be  otherwise  secured. 

For  young  women  who  desire  to  become  trained  nurses 
and  who  know  nothing  of  hospitals  and  training  schools,  it 
is  hoped  the  book  will  help  to  settle  the  many  puzzling 
questions  that  arise  : 

First,  the  kind  of  work  one  wishes  to  take  up,  then  a 
knowledge  of  the  number  of  patients  treated,  the  hours  on 
duty,  the  opportunities  for  study,  how  to  apply  for  admis- 
sion ;  and  last,  but  not  least,  the  important  question  as  to 
whether  she  may  expect  to  have  a  roo|^  to  herself  or  share 
it  with  other  nurses,  as  is  sometimes  the  case  even  in  the 
best  hospital*. 

With  a  knowledge  of  these  points,  the  young  woman 
starting  off  to  begin  her  probationary  term  will  know  some- 
thing of  what  she  may  expect,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  she  will 
feel  that  she  has  chosen  wisely  and  well. 

I  wish  to  thank  the  superintendents  and  nurses  who  have 
written  articles  for  the  book,  thus  adding  information  in 
teresting  and  practical,  and  to  acknowledge  my  indebtedness 
to  the  hospital  authorities  here  and  in  Canada  for  their 
promptness  and  interest  in  sending  the  necessary  statistics. 
As  a  whole,  it  is  hoped  the  book  will  prove  a  useful  and 
convenient  guide  to  the  American  and  Canadian  hospitals 
and  training  schools. 

Jans  Hodson. 


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ADDITIONS  AND  ERRORS. 

MASSACHUSETTS  —  North  Adams  — North  Adams  Hos- 
pital. ~  The  vSiiperiiitendent  is  Miss  Maria  Daniels. 
(  C,raduatc  of  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.  ) 

MINNESOTA  —  Minneapolis  —  St.  Luke's  Hospital  should 
read  .S7.  Pan/. 

Duluth  —  St.  Luke's  Hospital  —  Will  Ix;  found  on  page 
219. 

MISSOURI  —  Kansas  City  —  All  Saints  Hospital  —  loth  and 
Campbell  Sts.  — Will  be  found  on  page  219. 

NEW  JERSEY  — Hackensack.  — Miss  Crum  is  graduate  of 
the  same  School. 

NEW  YORK  —  Middletown  —  Thrall  Hospital.  —  The  Super- 
intendent is  Mrs,  A.  B,  Cooke.  {^Graduate  of  St.  Mary' s 
Hospital,  Brooklyn.^ 

New  York  City  —  Roosevelt  Hospital.  —  The  Directress  of 
Nurses  is  Miss  Mary  A.  Samuel.  (^Graduate  of  the  New 
York  Hospital. ) 

OHIO  —  Zanesville  —  City  Hospital.  —  The  Superintendent 
is  Mrs.  Caroline  B.  Hall.  {Gradtiate  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Homeopathic  Hospital. ) 

RHODE  ISLAND  —  Rhode  Island  Homeopathic  Hospital.  — 
The  Superintendent  is  Mrs.  Jennie  ly.  Bassett.  {Gradu- 
ate of  the  Neiv  Haven  Hospital.) 


1 3.     Male  Nurses. 


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By  Miss  Eugenie  Iiibbard, 

Ex-Supt.  Training  School  for  uale  Nurses, 

Grace  Hospital,  Detroit. 

Taking  Notes—"  Charting."       -     By  Miss  Anna  L.  R.  Mines, 

Instructress  of  the  Christian  Workers,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(With  specimen  pages  from  a  Hospital  Chart.) 

A  Chapter  for  Superintendents  and  Matrons. 

By  Mrs.  Anna  M.  Lawson,  Supt.  New  York  Cancer  Hospital. 
Uniforms,  Medals,  Diplomas,  etc.         -        -       By  The  Editor. 


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CONTENTS. 


Preface. 


I  Chapter. 

'    I .     What  it  is  to  be  a  Nurse. 


2. 

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By  Miss  Frances  Eaton  Pope, 
Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital. 
The  Probationary  Term.  ■> 
The  Training  Term.  \       '        "    By  MisS  >>  nne  A.  HinTZE. 

Supt.  Training  School  and  Hospital,  New  York  Infirmary 

for  Women  and  Children. 

4.     Graduation  and  "  First  Case."      -      By  Miss  Mary  A.  SnivELY, 

Supt.  Training  School,  Toronto  General  Hospital. 

5. /Private  Practice.  -        -        -        By  Miss  Mary  A.  SamuEI,, 

Directress  of  Nurses,  Roosevelt  Hospital,  New  York. 

Hospital  Employment.  -       -     By  Miss  Marion  E.  Smith, 

Chief  Nurse,  Philadelphia  Hospital. 

Private  Sanitarium  Employment.      -       By  M1S8  Anna  Alston, 

Ex-Supt.  Training  School,  Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  New  York. 

District  Nursing.    -        -        -        -    By  Miss  Lillian  D.  Wald, 

Head  of  the  Nurses'  Settlement,  New  York  City. 

(with  Specimen  pages  from  a  District  Nurse's  book  of  cases.) 

Obstetric  Nursing.      -        -        -        -   By  Miss  Emma  J.  Keith, 

Ex-Supt.  Training  School,  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Nursing  the  Insane.         -  By  Miss  Emily  J.  MacDonnell, 

Supt.  Training  School,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Hospital. 

Massage. By  Miss  Elizabeth  D.  Holt, 

Matron  Craig  Colony,  Sonyea,  N.  Y. 
Male  Nurses.     ...        -         By  Miss  Eugenie  Hibbard, 

Ex-Supt.  Training  School  for  Male  Nurses, 

Grace  Hospital,  Detroit. 

Taking  Notes—"  Charting."       -     By  Miss  Anna  L.  R.  Mines, 

Instructress  of  the  Christian  Workers,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(with  specimen  pages  from  a  Hospital  Chart.) 

A  Chapter  for  Superintendents  and  Matrons. 

By  Mrs.  Anna  M.  Lawson,  Supt.  New  York  Cancer  Hospital. 
Uniforms,  Medals.  Diplomas,  etc.         -       -       By  The  EdiTO' 


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Chapter. 

i6.     Some  Eminent  Nurses  : 

I.     Florence  Nightingale. 
Alice  Fisher.     - 
"Sister  Dora."     - 


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By  Thk  Editor. 
By  Mrs.  Jo.skph  R.  Hawi.rv. 
By  Miss  Joskphink  Hiij., 
Of  the  New  York  Hospital. 
4.     Agnes  Jones. By  The  Editor. 

17.  List  of  Training  Schools  in  the  United  States,  with  particulars. 

18.  "  "  "  in  Canada, 

19.  Training  Schools,  arranged  under  various  headings : 

I.     As  to  rates  of  pay. 
As  to  denomination. 
Schools  for  Colored  Women. 
Schools  for  Men. 

Schools  for  Attendants  on  the  Insane. 
Schools  having  a  course  of  study  exceeding  two  years. 
Post-Graduate  Schools. 
Homeopathic  Schools. 
Schools  attached  to  Hospitals  where  both   Homeopathic 

and  "regular"  Physicians  practice. 
Schools  attached  to  Hospitals  for  Women  and  Children. 
Schools  attached  to  Obstetric  Hospitals. 
Schools  known   by  independent  names,   with  names  of 

Hospitals  to  which  attached. 

13.  Questions  asked  of  Candidates. 

14.  Training  School  Mottoes. 

15.  List  of  Books  for  Nurses. 


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PUBLISHER'S  PREFACE. 


T  cannot  justly  be  expected  that  this  woik, 
the  first  of  its  kind,  should  contain  a  liter- 
ally complete  list  of  all  training  schools  for 
nurses.  The  difficulty  of  discovering  many,  par- 
ticularly the  smaller  ones,  has  been  great,  but  it  is 
believed  that  only  a  few  have  been  overlooked.  It 
is  to  be  regretted  that  some  others  neglected  to 
furnish  the  required  information,  hence  are  omitted. 

The  Publisher  will  be  glad  to  receive  information 
regarding  any  schools  not  represented,  but  most  of 
the  omissions  which  may  exist  will  be  found  due 
to  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  authorities  addressed. 

Great  pains  have  been  taken  to  secure  and 
arrange  separately  the  statistics  of  schools  for 
Attendants  on  the  Insane,  for  Male  Nurses,  for 
Colored  Nurses,  the  Post-Graduate  Schools,  and 
those  of  the  Catholic  and  Jewish  Hospitals.  It  is 
believed  each  list  is  substantially  complete,  and 
that  such  subdivision  will  prove  useful  to  those 
interested. 


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N  order  to  avoid  repetition  and  save  space  the  fol- 
lowing details  have  not  been  inserted  in  the  sum- 
mary of  each  school,  it  being  understood  that  they 
are  common  to  all,  viz :  Every  school  furnishes 
board,  lodging  and  washing  free  to  both  probationers  and' 
pupils.  Applicants  are  admitted,  unless  otherwise  stated, 
at  any  time  when  there  are  vacancies.  During  probation 
the  school  uniform  is  not  worn,  nor  (usually)  any  pay 
given.  The  probation  period  is  not  usually  included  in  the 
training.  Unless  so  stated,  neither  uniforms  not  text-books 
are  furnished  free,  though  both  are  usually  furnished  at  cost. 
Nor  do  nurses  or  probationers  have  individual  bedrooms 
unless  so  stated. 

Every  hospital  has  medical,  surgical  and  obstetrical 
departments  (unless  noted),  but  no  contagious  diseases  de- 
partment, nor  beds  for  children,  unless  so  stated.  "Ambu- 
lance service"  means  a  public  service,  bringing  accident 
and  emergency  cases. 

It  should  be  said  that  the  sum  named  as  pay  has  been 
averaged  in  each  case.  Thus,  if  a  school  pays  pupils  ten 
dollars  a  month  for  the  first  year,  and  fifteen  for  the  second, 
the  average  would  be  twelve  and  a  half. 

At  graduation  a  diploma  is  given,  sometimes  a  badge  or 
medal,  occasionally  a  sum  of  money,  also.  A  ' '  school  case ' ' 
is  a  case  of  private  nursing,  given  a  graduate  as  soon  as 
possible  after  graduation,  the  pay  received  for  it  being  the 
nurse '  s  perquisite . 

lectures  are  always  given  by  the  hospital  staff,  or  other 
physicians,  to  the  pupils.  Class  instruction  is  also  given  by 
the  superintendent,  but  lectures  or  instruction  in  massage 
or  cookery  for  invalids  are  not  given  unless  so  stated. 

Probationers  are  usually  admitted  without  regard  to  re- 
ligious belief.     The  list  of  questions  in  Chapter will 

give  an  idea  of  the  detailed  information  each  is  expected  to 
furnish  regarding  herself.  A  photograph  is  also  frequently 
required. 


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CHAPTER  I. 


vorei 


WHAT  IT  IS  TO  BE  A  NURSE. 

These  are  the  women  who  carry,  wherever  they  go,  an  atmosphere  of 
noble  labor  and  unselfish  enterprise,  which  brings  to  this  work-a- 
day  world  a  gleam  of  the  glory  to  come. 

Wesltninster  Review,  1888. 

I  ANY  think  a  nurse's  life  one  sweet  poem  of 
''gently  stroking  fevered  brows"  and  "wet- 
ting parched  lips,"  being  repaid  by  *'  sweet 
smiles  from  the  grateful  patient."  But  we  who 
know  the  course  of  fevers,  realize  the  back-break- 
ing and  prosy  period  of  hard,  earnest  work  that 
must  ensue  ere  we  earn  our  poetry  in  that  thank- 
ful "sweet  smile"  of  the  convalescing  patient. 
So  don't  start  out  with  the  mistaken  idea  that  a 
nurse's  career  is  a  serene,  beautiful  and  easy  one. 
The  calling  of  nurse  is  a  noble  one,  but  remember 
she  has  many  hardships  to  bear,  many  obstacles  to 
overcome.  Keep  this  in  mind,  and  you  will  be 
fortified  against  the  dark  days  which  come  into  her 
life,  as  they  must  into  that  of  every  one,  be  the 
vocation  what  it  may. 

Let  us  look  the  matter  in  the  face  and  see  what 
"to  be  a  nurse "  really  means.  To  begin  with,  the 
essentials  of  a  good  nurse  are : 

Love  of  God  and  of  fellow  creatures. 

Strength  of  body  and  mind. 

Cheerfulness.  , 

Belief  that  cleanliness  is  next  to  godliness. 

Refinement  of  character. 

Good  education. 

Knowledge  of  human  nature. 

Quickness  of  comprehension  and  action. 

Patience  and  perseverance. 


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Then  there  are  perhaps  the  family  prejudices  to 
overcome.  The  leaving  home  is  a  great  question 
to  be  weighed.  It  ina}^  mean  a  complete  change  in 
your  life,  and  is  something  which  you  only  can 
decide — and  this  decision  should  be  made  carefully 
and  prayerfully.  Unless  you  are  in  perfect  physi- 
cal health,  don't  attempt  it.  You  will  never  make 
a  good  nurse  if  you  cannot  bring  in  sunshine  to 
dispel  darkness,  and  this  cannot  be  done  by  one 
who  is  herself  not  in  vigorous  health. 

Do  not  forget  that  there  is  a  "probationary 
term,"  sometimes  of  more  than  two  months,  which 
will  seem  like  an  eternity.  During  this  period  you 
feel  fully  convinced  the  world  hangs  on  the  matter 
of  your  dusting  and  bed-making,  and  you  wearily 
ask  yourself  **Is  this  what  I  came  here  for?"  But 
keep  up  your  courage  —  all  this  and  the  semi- 
military  discipline  which  you  undergo  throughout 
your  hospital  career  you  will  appreciate  later,  rnd 
realize  how  necessary  it  was  to  your  training. 

Having  successfully  passed  through  the  "pro- 
bationary term"  and  donned  the  pretty  uniform 
which  designates  you  as  a  nurse,  you  feel  suddenly 
overwhelmed  with  the  responsibility  of  your  self- 
chosen  life.  But  to  this  you  grow  accustomed  after 
a  while,  and  take  pleasure  in  thinking  that  the 
patients  in  the  ward  look  upon  you  as  their  mental 
support,  as  it  were,  and  that  a  pleasant  manner  on 
your  part  may  serve  to  shorten  the  weary  hours  of 
pain,  while  one  of  hurry  and  impatience  may  make 
these  same  hours  drag  woefully. 

It  may  be  that,  as  a  novice,  you  will  be  surprised 
and  dismayed,  for  the  moment,  on  finding  yourself 
in  a  ward  full  of  people  in  no  way  your  social 
equals.     Perhaps  your  life  has   hitherto  been   s 
guarded  that  you  have  never  come  in  contact  wit; 
the  "masses,"  and  the  revelation  that  you  mus 


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care  for  these  people  may  come  upon  you  with  a 
shock.  But  remember,  if  you  are  not  willing^  to 
minister  ♦to  any  and  every  one  of  your  fellow 
creatures  in  distress,  you  are  not  fulfilling  your 
highest  mission  as  a  nurse.  Keep  in  mind  Ian 
Maclaren's  creed,  "  Love  the  man  next  to  you,"  and 
you  will  be  astonished  to  find  how  much  more  good 
is  in  the  heart  of  man  —  even  the  lowest — than  his 
fellow  creatures  give  him  credit  for. 

Once  your  hospital  course  is  finished  an  entirely 
new  field  of  professional  action  opens  to  you.  You 
are  confronted  with  the  fact  that  hereafter  you  are 
not  only  responsible  for  the  success  of  your  own 
professional  career,  but  are  also  charged  with  main- 
taining the  reputation  of  your  school.  As  you 
enter  on  the  work  of  a  private  nurse,  you  will  realize 
that  for  the  time  being  you  are  a  reigning  power 
in  the  house.  You  may  cause  the  family  to  regard 
you  as  a  perfect  godsend,  bearing  responsibilities 
with  which  they  find  themselves  unable  to  cope  — 
or,  on  the  other  hand,  you  may  upset  the  whole 
household,  inconvenience  every  member,  create  dis- 
cord among  the  servants,  and  even  uproot  the  faith 
heretofore  placed  in  the  family  physician. 

In  other  words,  you  are  a  great  power  in  a  house- 
hold of  sickness ;  let  that  power  be  for  good. 

Again,  you  will  find  loyalty  to  your  doctors  a 
most  important  factor.  While  in  your  hospital 
career  you  may  have  worked  with  one  or  two 
doctors,  outside  you  will  find  yourself  the  aid  to 
many.  The  true  nurse  faithfully  indorses  and 
carries  out  the  orders  of  each,  no  matter  how  much 
his  methods  and  ways  may  differ  from  those  of  his 
predecessors.     All  this  requires  adaptability. 

If  you  enter  the  profession  merely  for  financial 
profit,  great  will  be  your  disappointment.  There 
is  so  much  more  in  nursing  than  the  mere  measur- 


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ing  of  medicines  and  ministering  of  food — as  the 
patient's  needs  are  often  quite  as  much  mental  as 
physical — that  unless  you  can  supply  those  wants 
you  will  be  a  disappointment  to  yourself  as  well  as 
to  others.  Nurses  must  be  ministers  in  every 
sense  of  the  word. 

True,  all  cannot  be  Florence  Nightingales,  and 
the  world  will  never  know  of  all  the  good  deeds 
done  and  self-sacrifices  offered,  but  to  one  who  loves 
her  profession  the  knowledge  of  work  well  done 
brings  its  own  reward. 

Thus,  viewed  with  all  the  high  possibilities  in- 
volved, no  other  calling  can  be  greater  or  nobler 
than  that  of  the  trained  nurse. 

Consider  well  before  choosing  it,  and  then,  hav- 
ing chosen,  throw  yourself  into  the  work  with 
your  whole  soul. 

Frances  Eaton  Pope. 


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Graduate's  Badge   N.  W.  Training  School,  Minneapolis. 


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CHAPTER  II. 


THE  PROBATIONARY  TERM. 

No  more  honorable  or  lucrative  employment  for  women  is  open  at  the 
present  day  than  the  comparatively  modern  profession  of  the 
trained  nurse.  To  the  educated,  healthy,  refined,  lady-like  young 
woman  who  shrinks  from ''the  publicity  of  the  clerk's  position, 
has  not  a  taste  for  teaching,  and  marks  the  overcrowded  state  of 
the  typewriters'  market,  the  calling  of  a  nurse  offers  special  in- 
ducements. The  calling  is  honorable  —  none  more  so  —  it  offers 
broad  fields  for  Christian  usefulness,  steady  and  sure  employment, 
and  liberal  remimeration.  |  Thfi-vp^n^  woman  who  has  mentsl 
and  physical  ability  sufficient  tp  orave'ly  uncTerfaTceirnd'^sleaH- 
fastly  carry  tnrougn  the  two  or  three  years  of  study,  lectures  and 
practice  required  by  the  courseXJtas  in  her  possession,  at  its  close, 
a  profession  which  makes  her  inslepetideni  or  the  frowns  of 
fortune,  gives  her  tremendous  power  for  good  to  humanity,  and 
fits  her  for  the  position  of  wife,  mother  and  home-maker  as  no 
other  two  years'  wprk  can  do.*  . 

It  trains  the  haAd  and  the  eye,  sharpens  the  wits,  deepens  and 
broadens  the  sympathies,  teaches..  seUiCdOtlTol  and  self-reliance, 
prer.ches  the  gospel  of  i^ood  health  and  woman's  great "3uty,  and 
compels  neatness,  activity  and  industry. 

Report  of  the  Northwestern  Hospital,  Minneapolis,  1895. 

I  HE  Opportunity  offered  to  women  by  Train- 
ing Schools  for  Nurses,  to  acquire  a  fairly 
remunerative  profession  at  little  or  ndjcost, 
naturally  attracts  the  attention  of  many  who  must 
be  self-supporting  at  once.  The  care  of  the  sick, 
too,  has  always  been  an  honorable  occupation,  de- 
veloping the  best  qualities  of  heart  and  mind,  and 
attractive  to  many  who  may  not  look  upon  it  as  a 
means  of  livelihood,  for  the  power  it  offers  of  doing 
good  and  acquiring  a  useful  accomplishment  and 
discipline. 

With   some   such   motive,   and   often   with    no 
thought  of    a  nurse's    life  beyond   the    time  jjf 
preparation,  the  woman  seeking  such  a  work 
siders  little  her  own  fitness  for  it ;  but,  for  succt 
there  should  be  a  sense  of  congeniality  and  a! 


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earnest  devotion  to  the  work,  with  a  broad  love  of 
poor  and  sad  humanity. 

With  this  foundation,  good  health,  good  educa- 
tion, good  judgment  in  small  e very-day  matters, — 
which  is  common-sense, — good  manners  and  good 
taste,  are  all  needed. 

The  various  requirements  and  privileges  offered 
by  the  different  training  schools  would  seem  to 
make  the  choice  of  a  school  diflBcult ;  but  upon  this 
choice  much  depends,  and  the  school  offering  the 
widest  experience  should  be  selected  carefully  and 
intelligently. 

This  volume  gives  the  statistics  of  three  hundred 
and  twenty-five  Training  Schools  for  Nurses,  com- 
prising each  from  five  to  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pupils.  All,  connected  with  general  hospitals,  give 
two  or  three  3'^ears  of  training.  In  the  selection  of  a 
school,  the  particular  city  where  one  would  wish  to 
live,  or  the  best  school  r  earest  one's  home,  all  else 
being  equal,  might  be  preferred.  The  important  con- 
siderations as  to  experience  are  the  size  and  kind 
of  hospital ;  that  is,  whether  the  cases  are  general, 
acute  medical  and  surgical,  including,  preferably, 
obstefrical  and  contagious.  The  very  large  schools 
offer,  apparently,  more  advantages  to  the  pupil ; 
but  often  the  schools  connected  with  well-organ- 
ized general  hospitals  of  from  fifty  to  one  hundred 
beds  give  a  more  thorough  training  in  many  ways 
for  private  nursing,  and  there  is  less  restraint  and 
formality,  as  a  rule,  though  in  selecting  a  small 
school  care  should  be  taken  to  see  that  the  full 
term  of  training  is  spent  in  the  hospital,  as  some 
of  the  smaller  schools  send  out  nurses  to  private 
cases  for  too  long  a  time  during  their  period  of 
ttmining,  for  the  benefit  of  the  school.  If  the  train- 
i^  is  desired  for  institution  work,  then  the  large 
school  of  wide  reputation  should  be  selected,  so  that 


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the  best  methods  of  hospital  management  and  rou- 
tine may  be  learned  and  practised. 

It  is  greatly  to  the  advantage  of  any  school  to 
have  a  well-equipped  Nurses'  Home,  under  the 
control  and  influence  of  a  thoroughly  cultured  and 
broad-minded  superintendent,  who  is  the  principal 
teacher  and  is  herself  a  graduate  nurse. 

The  comfort  and  health  of  the  nurse  depend  on 
the  provision  for  her  welfare  in  the  Home,  and 
many  hospitals,  the  majority,  in  fact,  have  very 
good  buildings  devoted  to  the  use  of  the  nurses. 

To  get  at  facts  in  regard  to  a  number  of  selected 
schools  which  the  applicant  may  have  in  mind, 
a  polite  request,  with  stamp,  sent  to  the  superin- 
tendent of  any  training  school  will  secure  a  report, 
which  should  be  carefully  studied  and  compared 
with  others  for  the  important  points  previously 
mentioned,  and  for  information  as  to  the  course  of 
study,  hours  of  work,  length  of  term,  age  of  appli- 
cants, money  paid,  and  hospital  and  home  rules ; 
though,  when  possible,  a  personal  visit  and  inspec- 
tion gives  the  best  idea  of  the  desirability  of  a 
school  to  the  well-informed  person. 

When  a  choice  has  been  made,  a  form  of  applica- 
tion is  secured  from  the  superintendent  by  calling 
in  person,  or  by  a  letter  which  should  be  short  and 
to  the  point,  stating  age  and  standard  of  health, 
educational  advantages,  and  reasons  or  motives  for 
desiring  the  education  of  a  nurse. 

Letters  of  reference,  one  from  a  clergyman,  are 
usually  returned  with  the  properly  filled  out  appli- 
cation form.  If  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent, 
after  a  short  interval  a  printed  form  is  received 
stating  that  the  applicant  has  been  accepted  as  pro- 
bationer; to  report  for  duty  at  a  certain  time  and 
place,  with  directions  how  to  reach  the  place,  and 
requirements  as  to  clothing  and  other  accessories. 


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Often  the  applicant  may  be  asked  when  it  will  be 
convenient  for  her  to  come,  or  if  she  can  be  ready 
at  short  notice  to  fill  an  accidental  vacancy  at  any 
time.  Otherwise  she  is  put  on  the  waiting-list  of 
the  school  to  await  her  turn.  Promptly  at  the  ap- 
pointed time  the  applicant  should  arrive,  prepared 
to  enter  upon  the  most  trying  time  of  her  hospital 
life — the  probation  term. 

The  change  from  home  to  institution  life  is  great, 
but  the  manner  in  which  it  is  met  means  much  to 
the  observer  as  a  test  of  fitness  for  a  nurse's  life, 
and  the  beginner  is  fortunate  who  has  the  help  of 
the  habit  of  uniform  gentleness  and  courtesy  to  all 
alike,  for  in  the  small  world  of  the  institution,  as  iu 
the  great  world  outside,  what  the  woman  is  will 
count  for  more  than  what  she  does,  though  to  do 
well  all  that  is  required  of  a  nurse  means  that  she 
is  much  in  herself.  Any  lack  of  tact,  dignity, 
courage  or  intelligence  is  evident  at  once,  while  the 
possession  of  these  qualities,  with  a  well-balanced, 
keenly  observant  mind,  a  steady  effort  to  obey 
those  in  authority,  and  freedom  from  worry  or  con- 
fusion, will  win  respect  and  confidence  at  once. 

In  some  schools  it  is  the  custom  for  the  superin- 
tendent to  give  the  probationer  certain  instructions 
before  going  to  the  ward,  and  to  draw  her  attention 
to  Hospital  and  Home  rules.  She  is  then  taken  to 
the  ward  at  a  rapid  gait  and  introduced  to  the  head 
nurse,  who  will  probably  be  too  busy  to  waste  any 
time  in  desultory  conversation,  but  will  at  once 
call  attention  to  the  schedule  of  the  ward  routine 
posted  for  the  guidance  of  all  the  ward  workers, 
and  allow  her  to  study  what  her  duties  will  be. 

For  this  opportunity  to  turn  her  back  on  the 
scrutiny  of  the  interested  occupants  of  the  long 
rows  of  beds,  the  poor  probationer  is  thankful ;  the 
business-like  effect  of  the  nurses  too  busily  at  work 


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to  pay  much  attention  to  the  new  comer  is  peculiarly 
formidable,  and  she  feels  that  the  discipline  of  her 
new  life  has  begun,  and  that  she  is,  indeed,  in  a 
world  that  knows  her  not. 

As  training  schools  for  nurses  were  first  de- 
manded by  the  needs  of  the  sick  in  hospitals,  the 
proper  methods  of  doing  the  practical  ward  work, 
including  more  or  less  housework,  were  thought,  at 
first,  to  offer  sufficient  scope  to  the  pupil  nurse. 

Then,  established  methods  in  nursing,  and  the 
principles  underlying  them  were  more  thoroughly 
taught,  making  necessary  efficient  and  well- 
instructed  head  nurses.  Gradually  a  better  sys- 
tem of  work  was  evolved,  and  as  the  standards 
were  raised  it  was  found  an  advantage  to  allow 
the  nurse  to  devote  herself  entirely  to  nursing, 
employing  maids  for  the  housework. 

Some  knowledge  of  Anatomy,  Physiology, 
Materia-Medica  and  Hygiene  being  found  necessary, 
at  present  every  training  school  has  an  established 
theoretical  course  which  must,  however,  always  be 
incidental  to  the  ward  work,  though  moving  on,  as 
it  were,  hand-in-hand  with  it.  Training  schools 
for  nurses  can  thus  never  be  ranked  as  strictly 
educational,  (though  the  very  combination  of  physi- 
cal and  mental  labor  proves  highly  educational  to 
the  i  lividual  nurse)  and  the  term  "  school "  might 
be  misleading,  not  indicating  the  fact  that  the  time 
of  the  pupil  nurse  is  largely  spent  in  actual  physi- 
cal labor. 

Anne  A.  Hintze. 


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CHAPTER  III. 
THE  TRAINING  TERM. 

To  be  a  good  nurse  surely  demands  no  inconsiderable  ability,  and,  as 
it  seems  to  me,  there  can  be  no  better  or  nobler  business  for  a 
tender-hearted  and  clever  woman. 

S.  IVeir  Mitchell,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia. 

ROM  a  Statistical  report  of  the  hours  of  duty 
in  training  schools,  the  statement  is  made 
that  in  those  schools  in  which  the  very 
shortest  hours  are  adopted,  nurses  are  working 
nine  hours  a  day  at  work  which  taxes  the  physical 
strength  even  of  the  strongest  in  no  small  degree; 
of  the  moderately  strong  to  the  utmost.  The  day's 
work  does  not  end  with  the  hours  of  ward  work, 
for  off-duty  time  is  largely  taken  up  in  preparing 
the  lessons  required  and  writing  out  lecture  notes ; 
even  three  or  four  evenings  in  the  week  may  be 
taken  up  by  lectures  and  class  instruction.  The 
conclusion  is  evident  that  the  nurse  in  the  majority 
of  training  schools  is  overworked,  and  the  propor- 
tion of  time  allowed  for  study,  rest  and  recreation 
much  too  little. 

jfThe  kind  of  work  expected  of  pupil  nurses  in- 
cludes bed-making,  the  giving  of  diet,  medicine 
and  treatment  ordered,  assisting  at  surgical  dress- 
ings, operations,  etc. ;  the  care  of  appliances,  charts 
and  records,  and  usually  some  dusting  and  sweep- 
ing is  required,  besides  the  cleaning  of  all  utensils 
used,  and  care  of  the  linen  and  patients'  clothingjl 
The  educative  value  of  this  kind  of  work  is 
in  direct  proportion  as  it  is  hard,  accurate  and 
thorough,  while  the  more  systematic  the  routine 
the  better.  In  most  schools,  in  fact,  the  whole  of 
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The  years  of  training  may  be  divided,  allowing 
each  nurse  a  certain  number  of  weeks  to  each  class 
of  patients,  keeping  the  extra  and  more  diflficult 
branches,  such  as  the  care  of  private  patients, 
massage,  dispensary,  cooking  school  and  district 
work,  until  the  last  year.  In  some  schools  where 
there  is  a  three-years'  course  certain  branches  of 
hospital  management  are  taught  in  the  last  year. 

An  accurate  record  of  the  nurse  shows  her 
standing  for  the  month,  year,  and  for  graduation, 
also  the  number  of  days'  experience  in  each  de- 
partment; illness  and  vacation,  besides  other  im- 
portant details.  The  books  needed  for  this  record 
are  a  day-book  and  a  permanent  monthly  record, 
ruled,  perhaps,  as  shown  opposite. 

If  probationers  enter  the  training  school  during 
the  months  from  June  to  October,  new  classes  for 
theoretical  instruction  are  formed  each  Autumn, 
continuing  through  a  term  of  nine  months,  leaving 
the  Summer  free  for  vacations. 

(In  some  schools  probationers  are  admitted  in 
small  groups  throughout  the  year.  This  arrange- 
ment requires  a  larger  number  of  small  classes, 
and  the  instruction  cannot  be  so  systematically 
arranged;  though  the  nurses  who  have  completed 
their  course  leave  more  gradually,  interfering  less, 
it  is  claimed,  with  the  ward  work.) 

Examinations  are  held  at  intervals,  preferably 
every  three  months,  by  an  examining  board  ap- 
pointed from  the  staff  of  doctors,  and  by  the  super- 
intendent, the  finals  coming  immediately  before  the 
public  graduating  exercises,  early  in  June.  The 
examinations  are,  of  course,  graded  according  to 
the  amount  of  work  the  nurse  has  covered.  As  each 
nurse  finishes  her  term  of  two  or  three  years  she 
leaves  the  hospital  with  complete  liberty  to  choose 
her  future  line  of  work,  the  standard  number  of 


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pupils  in  the  school  being  arranged  for  by  the  pre- 
vious admittance  of  probationers ;  or  the  graduate 
nurse  may  be  retained  in  the  hospital  as  head  nurse 
of  a  ward,  operating-room  nurse,  or  in  some  other 
executive  position. 

The  direct  responsibility  for  the  ward-nursing 
devolves  upon  the  head  nurse  of  the  ward,  who 
should  be  a  graduate  of  efficiency,  with  a  knowledge 
of  housekeeping  and  the  ability  to  teach.  She 
manages  the  work  upon  the  system  established  by 
the  superintendent,  which  is  as  uniform  as  possible 
everywhere  in  the  hospital. 

As  the  whole  staff  of  nurses  can  never  be  off 
duty  at  once,  it  is  the  custom  in  some  schools  to 
divide  the  lectures  into  two  Jets,  for  junior  and 
senior  nurses.  These  lecture^  ire  given  by  physi- 
cians, once  or  twice  a  week,  following  the  class 
instruction  as  to  subjects  as  closely  as  possible. 

The  usual  hours  of  duty  in  the  ward  may  be 
conveniently  arranged  from  7  A.  M.  until  7  P.  M., 
allowing  one  hour  for  dinner  and  two  hours  off 
duty  during  the  afternoon  for  study  and  recreation. 
Breakfast  and  supper  for  the  day  nurses  are  ar- 
ranged for  outside  of  these  hours.  With  one-half 
day  off  duty  weekly  and  four  hours  every  Sunday, 
the  average  working  day,  on  this  plan,  is  about 
eight  hours.  The  night  nurse,  whose  work  is  of  a 
less  laborious  character,  is  on  duty  from  7  P.  M. 
until  7  A.  M.  In  some  schools  a  daily  study  hour 
in  the  class  room  under  supervision  is  required. 

The  responsibility  and  details  of  the  ward-nurs- 
ing must  be  graded  somewhat  to  the  efficiency  of 
the  nurse,  and  for  economy  of  time,  as  certain  work 
has  to  be  finished  early  in  the  morning  (that  is, 
beds  made  before  the  early  rounds  of  the  Doctor, 
etc.),  it  is  customary  for  the  senior  nurse  to  give 
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the  same,  etc.,  while  the  other  nurses  devote  them- 
selves to  special  work.  In  ordei',  however,  to  follow 
the  symptoms,  course  of  treatment  and  results  of 
each  case,  every  nurse  is  given  a  definite  number 
of  patients  and  is  expected  to  take  the  responsi- 
bility of  watching  these  cases.  The  routine  work 
for  each  nurse  is  carefully  thought  out  by  the 
superintendent  according  to  the  needs  of  the  hos- 
pital, and  scheduled,  as  is  also  that  of  maid  and 
orderly ;  thus  any  nurse  on  going  into  a  ward  can 
go  at  once  to  work  at  her  own  duties. 
-  The  probationer  is  first  taught  bv  the  head  nurse 
how  to  make  beds  and  attend  to'  |^?j  pa|;jenb^  atK^ 
is  then  allowed  to  go  on  with  her  work  under  con- 
stant supervision,|and  all  Wv>  ^'  badly  done  is  gone 
over  until  perfection  is  attained,  as  the  greatest 
precision  is  insisted  upon  from  the  start.  The 
habit  of  allowing  the  probationer  to  finish  details 
of  the  older  nurses'  work  is  to  be  deprecate^^  as, 
for  instance,  cleaning  and  putting  away  utensils. 
The  probationer's  capability  for  responsibility  is 
early  shown  ;  also  her  ability  to  work  with  system 
and  to  observe  carefully. 

At  the  end  of  one  or  two  months  she  has  learned 
to  adjust  herself  to  institution  life,  and  has  given 
evidence  of  her  fitness  as  a  nurse.  She  is  then 
admitted  i  ito  the  school  and  allowed  to  wear  the 
uniform;  but  in  some  schools  she  is  not  formally 
accepted  and  does  not  sign  the  contract  to  remain 
the  full  term,  until  the  end  of  six  months. 

An  excellent  method  of  acquainting  the  super- 
intendent with  the  nurse's  progress  is  to  require 
once  a  week,  from  the  head  nurse  of  each  ward,  a 
printed  form  with  a  full  report  for  each  day  of  each 
nurse,  marked  on  the  following  points:  pu^tu- 
alit^j  propriety  df  behavior ^  w^rd_  inifiagement, 
personal  and  generaliieatness^  mistaKes,^"  giving 


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medidng,  attention  ^nd  kindness  to  patients,  obser- 
vation of  kVm^j^ms,  cleanlinesTl)!  utensils,  and 
slEiiiriLnd* 'efficiency  in  surgical  work,  good  temper, 
interest  in  work,  etc. , 

This  report  is  made  up  every  day  and  can  be  in- 
spected at  any  time  by  the  superintendent  only. 
It  is  largely  through  this  report  that  the  perma- 
nent monthly  mark  is  given,  though,  of  course,  the 
care  of  her  room  and  other  matters  are  considered. 
The  scale  of  marking  adopted  is  approximately — 
Perfect,  loo;  Good,  90;  Fair,  80;  Not  satisfactory, 
70;  and  each  nurse  may  receive  a  monthly  report 
with  her  marks  for  work,  conduct,  class  and  general 
average.  These  marks  go  on  the  permanent  record 
and  her  stan4ing  is  estimated  by  them. 

While  a  careful  routine  is  thus  established  for 
the  nurse,  little  attention  is  paid  to  personal 
hygiene,  and  her  duty  in  the  care  of  her  health  is 
not  sufficiently  impressed  upon  her,  for  self-forget- 
fulness  and  a  certain  amount  of  self-sacrifice  are 
accepted  as  a  matter  of  course.  In  a  well-conducted 
school  with  sanitary  surroundings,  an  intelligent, 
well-bred  woman  cannot  go  far  wrong  in  matters  of 
personal  hygiene,  but  the  evils  of  over-work,  over- 
worry,  and  the  neglect  of  evidences  of  illness  are 
too  often  allowed  to  reach  the  point  where  her  health 
is  seriously  impaired.  This  the  superintendent  often 
can  guard  against  by  careful  watching.  As  the 
nurse's  training  is  to  fit,  and  not  unfit  her  for  her 
life  work,  this  is  an  important  duty.  While  she  is 
being  taught  in  the  school  the  structures  and  func- 
tions of  the  body,  could  she  not  also  be  taught  to 
regard  its  needs  and  proper  treatment  as  a  serious 
duty?  Then  there  will  be  fewer  broken-down 
nurses,  and  many  of  the  problems  which  now  con- 
front the  private  nurse  will  have  disappeared  in 
the  light  of  a  larger  intelligence. 

Anne  A.  Hintze. 


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CHAPTER   IV. 
GRADUATION  AND  FIRST  CASE. 

These  are  the  women  who  never  bow  down  to  what  R.  ly.  Stevenson 
calls  "the  bestial  twin  goddesses  of  Comfort  and  Respectability," 
but  who  can  perform  the  most  menial  services  with  dignity,  and 
to  whom  nothing  is  common  or  unclean. 

Westminster  Review,  1888. 

RADUATION !  What  does  it  mean  ?  To 
the  young  nurse  of  a  few  months'  experi- 
ence in  hospital  life  it  means  happiness 
inconceivable  —  happiness  which  she  fears  may 
never  come  to  her.  ^ 

How  will  it  be  possible  for  her  to  obtain  pos- 
session of  the  wisdom  and  skill  with  which  she 
imagines  the  graduate  nurse  endowed?  —  wisdom 
which  surely  the  ancients  might  justly  have  en- 
vied! 

Then,  too,  it  means  freedom  from  discipline 
and  weary  days  of  toil,  from  home-sickness,  dis- 
couragement and  crushing  responsibility ;  rest  for 
tired  body,  aching  limbs  and  weary  brain ;  it  means 
what  the  cry  of  "  Land  ahead ! "  means  to  the  toil- 
worn  mariner,  the  goal  to  the  winner  in  the  race. 

But  let  us  look  at  this  same  young  woman  on 
the  eve  of  graduation  ;  she  is  hardly  recognizable. 
The  strict  discipline,  the  daily  routine  of  duties, 
the  self-restraint  and  self-control  so  necessary  in 
the  life  of  a  nurse,  together  \vith  ever-increasing 
responsibilities  as  the  busy  days  and  months  sped 
on,  have  left  their  traces  on  heart  and  brain.  The 
impetuosity  has  given  place  to  dignified  watchful- 
ness or  alertness,  the  timidity  to  self-possession, 
and  her  face  tells  of  gentleness  where  once  im- 
patience was  discernible. 


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She  realizes  with  mingled  feelings  of  content- 
ment and  sadness  that  the  days  of  preparation  are 
at  an  end,  that  she  has  finished  the  allotted  time 
for  study,  and  is  about  to  enter  upon  her  life-work ; 
in  fact,  is  only  on  the  threshold  of  her  labors. 

And  what  about  the  store  of  knowledge  she 
had  hoped  to  secure  ?  She  has  really  only  begun 
to  learn.  True,  the  knowledge  she  came  to  seek 
has  been  around  her ;  but  to  some  extent  her  eyes 
were  blinded  —  she  saw  it  not.  Oh  !  for  the  privi- 
lege of  once  more  passing  through  her  hospital 
experience,  now  that  she  is  in  a  position,  in  some 
measure,  at  least,  to  comprehend  its  meaning ! 

A  feeling  of  loneliness  hitherto  unknown  steals 
over  her,  as  she  realizes  that  she  is  simply  a  fledge- 
ling about  to  leave  the  maternal  nest  of  professional 
training,  and,  alone  and  unprotected,  enter  upon 
her  career. 

Bulwer-Lytton's  novel,  ./ith  its  title  **What 
Will  He  Pq^  With  It  V^  haunts  her,  as  she  con- 
templates In  thoiigHT  tne  opportunities  about  to 
be  presented,  knowing  full  well  what  many  older 
in  years,  yet  younger  in  experience,  have  yet  to 
learn :  that  the  making  or  marring  of  our  life  ''Ijes 
not  so  much  in  our  environment  as  in  ourselves. 

But  she  is  rich  in  friendships  —  friendships 
formed  with  those  who  have  shared  her  toil,  her 
peiplexities  and  her  happiness. 

The  comradeship  existing  amoilj  those  engaged 
in  the  same  work  and  interested  in  the  same 
things,  becomes  very  pleasant,  and  she  sighs  as 
she  contemplates  the  separations  which  must  soon 
inevitably  occur. 

Graduating  evening,  however,  with  its  pleasant 
and  enjoyable  festivities,  its  congratulations,  its 
nurses  in  dainty  uniform,  its  gifts  of  lovely  flowers 
from  kind-hearted  friends,  its  music  and  refresh- 


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ments,  its  words  of  warning  and  counsel,  comes  on 
apace,  and  our  young  nurse,  notwithstanding  her 
discouragements,  finds  herself  a  happy  recipient  of 
the  honors  conferred  upon  the  "graduating  class." 

Dr.  L delivers  an  address  which  will  live 

long  in  her  memory. 

In  the  name  of  the  medical  profession  he  wel- 
comes them  as  fellow-workers  in  the  field  of  suffer- 
ing, as  trusted  auxiliaries  in  the  blessed  work  of 
saving  human  life. 

He  solemnly  urges  them  to  consider  well 
whether  love  for  the  work  has  been  the  motive 
which  has  led  them  to  dedicate  their  lives  to 
nursing,  otherwise  to  hesitate  before  going  further. 

He  reminds  them  of  the  struggles,  the  lonely 
night  watches,  the  terrible  anxieties,  the  world  of 
unreasonableness,  the  interference  of  well-meaning 
but  ignorant  anxious  relatives,  which  they  will 
surely  meet  and  must  bear  uncomplainingly,  and 
for  which  nothing  but  love  for  their  chosen  profes- 
sion can  compensate.  He  bids  them  not  to  be  cast 
down  when  their  lot  is  thrown  ariiong  those  who 
regard  money  as  their  god,  and  imagine  they  can 
bi)|i  a  nurse  body  and  soul,  as  one  might  buy  a 
horse,  and  can  work  her  and  treat  her  in  much  the 
same  way;  nor  to  be  unduly  elated  when  among 
the  more  considerate,  to  say  nothing  of  those 
who  seem  inclined  to  heap  honors  upon  them  — 
simply  to  ** 

Take  no  thought  for  aught  but  truth  and  right, 
—  ••  Content,  if  such  thy  fate,  to  die  obscure ; 

Youth  fails,  and  honors :  fame  may  not  endure ; 

And  loftier  souls  seem  weary  of  delight. 

Keep  innocence ;  be  all  a  true  man  ought ; 
___-X,et  neither  pleasure  tempt,  nor  pain  appall : 

Who  hath  this,  he  hath  all  things  having  naught ; 

Who  hath  it  not,  hath  nothing  having  all. 

The  picture  of  the  ideal  nurse  was  once  more 
held  ujJ  to  view,  and  they  beheld  in  her  the  ideal 


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woman.  He  reminded  them  also  of  the  privileges  . 
which  enter  into  the  life  of  a  nurse,  mentioning 
among  others  that  of  bringing  honor  to  the  nursing 
profession  and  to  their  Alma  Mater ^  and  the  all- 
important  one  of  being  able  to  speak  words  of 
heavenly  peace  and  comfort  to  dying  men  and 
women. 

The  eventful  day  has  closed,  and  in  the  quiet- 
ness of  her  own  room  our  young  nurse  takes  one 
more  look  at  her  diploma  and  badge,  which  are  the 
seal  of  her  proficiency  and  her  passport,  and  prays 
that  she  may  never  disgrace  them. 

In  the  to-morrow  soon  to  follow,  in  the  new 
and  untried  life  before  her,  she  will  put  her  trust 
in  Him  who  has  said:  "I  will  go  before  thee  and 
make  the  crooked  places  straight :  I  will  break  in 
pieces  the  gates  of  brass,  and  cut  in  sunder  the 
bars  .of  iron." 

Two  or  three  days  elapsed,  during  which  she 
had  all  kinds  of  wonderings  as  to  what  her  ''first 
case"  would  be,  living  daily  and  nightly  with  the 
feeling  of  "afraid  it  would  n't^^  and  "afraid  it 
would ^^  really  come. 

Her  valise  was  in  readiness  for  a  sudden  call, 
and  in  its  proportions  resembled  somewhat  a 
Thanksgiving  turkey.  It  contained  a  clean  uni- 
form, aprons,  collars  and  cuffs  enough  to  last  for 
five  or  six  days,  night-slippers,  wrapper,  the 
absolutely  necessary  toilet  articles,  clinical  ther- 
mometer, hypodermic  syringe.  Nurse's  Record 
Book,  pencil,  pen-knife,  thread,  needle  and  scissors. 

Her  heart  beat  violently,  one  dark,  threatening 
evening,  when  a  telephone  message  came  inviting 
her  to  take  a  "case"  of  Bronchitis — a  baby  eleven 
months  old. 

Arrived  at  her  destination,  she  found  the  baby 
crying  and  his  mother  completely  worn  out. 


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After  donning  her  uniform,  she  made  inquiries 
regarding  the  doctor's  last  visit  and  the  orders  he 
had  left ;  she  then  proceeded  to  get  some  idea  of 
the  house  —  the  location  of  the  bath-room,  kitchen 
and  linen-closet. 

The  sick  baby  regarded  the  anxious  nurse  as 
an  intruder  and  treated  her  accordingly,  until 
finally  the  tired  mother  was  persuaded  to  leave  her 
baby  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  nurse  until  the 
child  should  become  accustomed  to  her  care. 

There  was  a  struggle  for  a  time;  but  soon  the 
little  patient  resigned  himself  to  the  inevitable, 
and  gave  himself  up  so  completely  and  contentedly 
that  the  next  problem  to  be  solved  was,  how  the 
nurse  was  to  obtain  sufficient  rest,  as  the  little 
patient  now  objected  to  the  less  skilled  services  of 
those  who  were  anxious  to  relieve  her. 

Complications  both  present  and  prospective 
required  to  be  combated,  the  orders  being  cold  ap- 
plications to  the  head,  to  be  applied  night  and  day, 
together  with  poultices  for  the  chest,  medicines 
and  nourishment,  the  avoidance  of  all  undue  ex- 
citement, in  order  to  prevent  convulsions,  and  the 
preparation  of  all  necessary  requisites  should  con- 
vulsions supervene. 

As  the  disease  progressed,  Cerebro  -  Spinal 
Meningitis  of  a  tubercular  character  developed,  and 
the  little  patient  became  more  and  more  restless, 
until  finally  the  tired  limbs  grew  still,  and  the 
weary  little  sufferer  slept  the  sleep  that  knows  no 
waking. 

Tenderly  and  lovingly  the  little  body  was  pre- 
pared for  its  last  resting-place  by  the  gentle  hands 
of  the  nurse,  the  room  put  in  order,  the  bed  and 
bedding  removed  and  thoroughly  renovated. 

Nor  was  this  all;  at  the  request  of  the  family 
the  nurse  remained,  and  relieved  them  of  the  trying 


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responsibilities  incident  upon  bereavement,  such 
as  receiving  callers  and  arranging  flowers,  together 
with  ministering  in  many  ways  to  the  comfort  of 
the  saddened  household. 

Two  or  three  hours'  sleep  out  of  the  twenty- 
four  was  all  the  rest  the  tired  nurse  was  able  to 
secure ;  but  she  was  living  for  others,  not  for  self, 
and  was  happy  in  her  work. 

In  her  own  room  on:e  more,  she  reviewed  in 
thought  the  events  through  which  she  had  just 
passed — her  ''first  case," — and  realized  from  per- 
sonal experience  that  it  is  a  nurse's  privilege  to 
"  extend  human  aid  and  sympathy  to  a  soul 
struggling  under  the  first  shock  of  a  great  sorrow." 

Mary  A .  Snively. 


VOTA  VITA  NOSTRA 


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CHAPTER  V. 
PRIVATE  PRACTICE. 

The  nurse  who  pleases  all  must  indeed  be  a  wonder.  A  celebrated 
physician  remarked  to  a  patient  whom  a  constant  succession  of 
nurses  had  failed  to  satisfy:  "You  had  better  send  to  heaven 
and  demand  a  hospital-trained  angel  with  a  cast-iron  back." 

IVgstminster  Review^  i88S. 

UCH  indeed  has  been  said  and  written  on 
the  subject  of  private  nursing  and  the  special 
qualifications  a  woman  must  possess  to  be 
successful  in  this  branch  of  her  profession.  Her 
reputation  where  hospital  work  is  concerned  may 
be  irreproachable;  as  a  ward  manager,  her  execu- 
tive ability  of  the  highest  order,  and  she  may  have 
proved  herself  acceptable  in  many  ways  to  staff 
and  patients  alike;  she  may  have  shown  much 
intelligence  and  marked  ability  theoretically,  and 
yet,  when  the  time  comes  to  take  up  her  profession 
in  a  new  and  unfamiliar  field,  how  does  she  succeed, 
and  in  what  way  is  she  tried  and  found  wanting? 
Let  us  suppose  a  woman  possessing  the  primary 
essentials,  having  graduated  from  a  school  of  good 
standing  and  reputation,  about  to  take  up  the 
private  practice  of  her  profession.  What  should 
be  her  reasons  for  so  doing?  Not  only  that  she 
may  find  remunerative  employment,  but  also  with 
an  earnest  desire  to  be  of  service  to  her  fellow 
creatures;  to  develop  her  own  chai'acter,  and 
elevate  the  professional  standard.  The  qualities 
required  for  this  branch  are  various.  Many  may 
be  natural ;  some  may  be  acquired.  Do  not  think 
that  with  diploma  in  your  hands  and  medals  bright 
and  shining  on  your  uniform,  outward  and  visible 
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for  you  to  learn ;  that  your  education  as  a  nurse 
is  complete,  for  in  many  respects  it  has  only 
begun.  As  you  leave  the  familiar  wards  of  the 
hospital,  the  many  lessons  for  each  one,  prepared 
for  us  by  that  oldest  and  best  teacher,  experience, 
are  yet  to  come. 

Ready  tact  and  adaptability  are  two  most  essen- 
tial requirements.  The  former  is,  indeed,  a  gift, 
and  exists  in  a  much  greater  degree  in  some 
characters  than  others,  but  it  is  also  a  grace,  as 
Christina  Rossetti  says,  and  as  such  we  are  bound 
either  to  possess  or  acquire  it. 

To  quickly  perceive  when  to  speak  and  when  to 
keep  silent,  and  to  say  and  do  just  the  right  thing 
in  the  most  acceptable  manner;  to  readily  adapt 
oneself,  not  only  to  the  moods  and  caprices  of  the 
patient,  but  also  to  the  habits  of  the  family  and  the 
peculiar  characteristics  of  its  individual  members ; 
to  maintain  a  feeling  of  harmony  with  the  entire 
household,  especially  showing  consideration  for  the 
servants  at  a  time  when  the  usual  regularity  and 
system  must  of  necessity  be  somewhat  disorganized, 
will  all  tend  to  speedily  convince  those  concerned 
of  the  nurse's  fitness  for  her  position,  and  that  she 
is  the  right  woman  in  the  right  place. 

In  private  nursing  one  must  be  prepared  to  meet 
many  emergencies  which  may  arise,  and  a  nurse 
must  assume  responsibility  to  a  much  greater  de- 
gree when  thrown  on  her  own  resources,  as  she  is 
frequently  expected  to  rely  upon  and  exercise  her 
own  judgment. 

Cast-iron  rules  do  not  exist  here,  and  few  can  be 
laid  down  besides  the  general  ones  as  to  the 
patients'  comfort,  welfare  and  many  personal 
wants.  No  two  cases  are  alike.  A  nurse  must 
hold  herself  in  readiness  always,  and  often,  indeed, 
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carefully  avoiding  what  is  so  frequently  a  mistake 
of  the  recently-graduated  in  their  anxiety  to  please, 
over-zealousness.  No  matter  how  much  one  may 
wish  to  do  something  we  think  will  surely  ease  the 
pain  or  relieve  the  apparent  discomfort,  it  may  be 
far  better  to  wait,  and  by  a  quiet,  reposeful  manner 
and  ever  ready  eye  and  ear,  inspire  in  the  patient  a 
feeling  of  restfulness  and  confidence  and  firm  re- 
liance on  the  nurse's  unspoken  sympathy  and 
strength,  that  will  help  far  more  to  make  him  tran- 
quil and  content  than  by  injudicious  attentions, 
unnecessary  display  of  authority,  or  even  too 
keen  a  regard  for  appearances,  bordering  on  fuss 
and  bustle. 

Here  is  an  instance  where  much  distress  might 
have  been  spared  a  nervous,  anxious  mother  had 
the  nurse,  fresh  from  her  training  school,  used 
more  tact  and  better  judgment :  It  was  a  case  of 
typhoid.  The  nurse,  arriving  early  in  the  after- 
noon, found  her  patient  in  a  high  fever,  wearing  a 
heavy  flannel  shirt  and  enveloped  in  blankets.  No 
orders  beyond  milk  diet  and  an  antipyretic  having 
been  left,  she  proceeded  to  remove  the  coverings  and 
give  the  man  an  alcohol  sponge  bath.  This  being 
satisfactorily  done,  the  flannel  shirt  was  changed 
for  a  cotton  one,  clean  sheets  substituted  for  the 
heavy  blankets  and  the  patient's  temperature 
lowered  thereby  two  degrees.  But  the  old-fashioned 
ideas  of  the  mother  could  not  conform  to  such 
proceedings.  She  offered  no  interference,  but  shut 
herself  up  away  from  the  sick  room,  in  a  perfect 
agony  of  nervous  dread,  till  the  doctor  came,  when 
the  case  was  immediately  put  before  him,  with  the 
result  that  one  thin  blanket  was  replaced  and  the 
mother's  anxiety  relieved. 

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One's  environments  are  not  those  of  the  hospital, 
and  the  nurse  who,  for  want  of  proper  appliances 
and  the  ability  to  improvise,  may  not  only  fail  in 
successfully  carrying  out  an  order  or  adding  to  her 
patient's  comfort,  will  herself  feel  an  embarrass- 
ment difficult  to  overcome,  and,  it  may  be,  weaken 
in  a  great  measure  the  confidence  of  patient  and 
friends. 

Illness  brings  expense,  and  it  is  a  nurse's  duty 
to  avoid  adding  to  it  in  any  unnecessary  way ;  for 
instance,  in  not  renewing  a  prescription  before  the 
doctor  has  paid  his  daily  visit,  or  in  the  ordering 
of  surgical  dressings  or  expensive  druggists'  sup- 
plies, which  by  exercising  a  little  forethought  or 
ingenuity,  could  very  possibly  have  been  done 
without. 

A  few  words  as  to  dress:  Nowadays,  when  there 
are  so  many  schools,  and  in  a  city,  especially,  so 
many  nurses  of  all  sorts  and  conditions,  it  is  ad- 
visable and,  indeed,  very  frequently  requested  by 
doctors,  that  a  nurse  should  wear,  when  on  duty, 
her  hospital  uniform  complete,  exception  being 
made,  perhaps,  in  hotels  or  when  the  nature  of  the 
case  demands  otherwise.  Always  endeavor  to  be 
spotlessly  clean  and  neat,  avoiding,  above  all  things, 
too  much  starch. 

A  nurse  will  find,  in  the  majority  of  her  cases, 
that  a  considerable  tax  is  laid  on  her  entertaining 
powers  during  the  convalescent  stage,  and  for  this, 
if  nothing  else,  should  she  cultivate  her  mind  by 
reading,  and  seek  recreation  and  entertainment 
when  opportunity  offers,  in  hearing  good  music, 
visiting  picture  and  art  galleries  and  witnessing 
^  good  plays.  No  accomplishment  is  wasted,  no  cul- 
ture lost,  in  our  profession.  At  some  time  or  in 
jf  some  way  they  are  sure  to  prove  of  value,  assist- 
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ways,  and  keeping  ourselves  from  that  narrow  rut, 
the  avoidance  of  which  requires  sometimes  more 
than  a  passing  struggle.  In  one  sense  our  lives 
are  a  sacrifice,  and  no  nurse  who  conscientiously 
considers  her  vocation  will  allow  pleasure  to  come 
before  duty,  but  recreation  and  pleasurable  change 
are  essential  to  all  healthy  living.  All  work  and 
no  play  makes  many  more  than  the  proverbial 
Jack  both  dull  and  stupid. 

Now,  what  may  a  nurse  expect  and  demand  for 
herself?  As  has  been  said  before,  no  two  patients 
are  alike;  no  more  are  households,  and  oftentimes 
with  people  in  ordinary  circumstances  there  may 
be  much  thought  and  consideration  shown  where 
the  comfort  of  the  nurse  is  concerned,  while  in 
families  of  greater  wealth,  even  afHuence,  this 
thought  is  frequently  conspicuous  by  its  absence. 

Trained  nurses  are,  after  all,  only  human,  and  if 
they  are  to  spend  their  lives,  or  the  best  part  of 
them,  in  caring  for  the  sick,  to  do  so  for  any  length 
of  time  successfully  their  own  health  must  be  their 
first  consideration.  A  proper  amount  of  sleep, 
exercise  in  the  open  air  and  regularity  in  diet,  are 
three  of  the  nurse's  legitimate  demands,  and  she 
will  usually  find  the  physician  her  best  assistant 
towards  obtaining  what  is  her  due  should  she  have 
difficulty  with  the  family  or  friends,  either  through 
thoughtlessness,  ignorance  or  anxiety. 

On  leaving  the  training  school  the  first  step  is 
to  secure  a  room,  or  part  of  one,  where  one  may 
have  a  permanent  address  and  make  one's  head- 
quarters, so  to  speak.  Rents  are  high  in  a  city, 
and  few  can  afford  the  luxury  of  a  room  alone,  in 
a  desirable  locality.  Two,  three,  or  even  four  nurses 
will  share  one  or  two  rooms,  and  many  keep  the 
same  as  a  permanency  for  years.  Others  will  take 
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housekeeping,  while  again,  there  are  nurses'  clubs, 
where  an  annual  fee  is  charged,  from  $5  to  $10, 
I  believe,  and  which  entitles  the  member  to  register 
on  the  club  roll,  use  of  library  and,  to  a  few,  perma- 
nent lodging  at  reasonable  rates  in  the  home,  with 
perhaps  use  of  the  telephone,  which  latter  is  cer- 
tainly an  advantage. 

Registries  are  established  in  connection  with  most 
training  schools,  where,  in  compliance  with  certain 
rules  and  regulations,  a  graduate  of  the  school 
may  register  when  ready  for  a  case;  and  on  these 
registries  one  is  usually  dependent  for  calls  until 
she  has  been  at  work  a  sufficient  length  of  time 
to  have  made  a  connection  for  herself. 

The  question  of  nurses'  fees  has  been  much  dis- 
cussed. One  so  frequently  hears  of  exorbitant 
charges  having  been  made  that  it  would  seem  the 
mercenary  spirit,  gradually  creeping  in,  is,  alas! 
on  the  increase.  Undoubtedly  there  are  instances 
where  unusual  charges  have  been  made,  but  these 
are  not  in  general  order,  and  in  the  majority  of 
cases  we  may  consider  a  nurse  to  justly  earn  and 
rightfully  demand  from  $21  to  $25  per  week,  which, 
in  a  city  like  New  York,  is  the  usual  remunera- 
tion asked  and  received. 

A  nurse's  work  is  irregular.  Calls  come  two  or 
three  at  a  time,  it  may  be,  or  none,  perhaps,  for 
weeks,  so  that  employment,  when  offered,  must 
usually  be  accepted.  Time,  personal  convenience 
or  dated  engagements  can  rarely  be  considered  by 
a  nurse  who  has  taken  up  the  private  practice  of 
her  profession.  The  little  word  "if"  must  meai; 
much  to  her. 

Bntire  rest  and  change,  of  longer  or  shorter  dura- 
tion, according  to  requirement  and  means,  is  abso- 
lutely necessary  at  least  once  a  year,  but  greater 
benefit  is  usually  derived  from  a  vacation  of  six 


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weeks  or  two  months,  when  taken  consecutively, 
than  by  broken  holidays  of  shorter  duration.  And 
a  nurse  who  pays  strict  attention  to  the  laws  of 
health  where  she  herself  is  personally  concerned, 
will  best  be  able  to  take  care  of  her  patient ; 
whereas,  without  due  regard  to  the  maintenance  of 
her  own  physical  condition  she  cannot  hope  to  suc- 
ceed and  be  permanently  efficient  in  the  vocation 
she  has  chosen,  and  which  is  now  regarded  as  a 
worthy  and  honorable  profession  for  women  of 
education,  culture  and  refinement. 

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HOSPITAL  EMPLOYMENT. 

I  am  old  enough  to  remember  when  there  was  no  such  thing  as  an 
anaesthetic  —  but  I  never  once  saw  a  woman-nurse  faint  either 
before,  during,  or  after  an  operation.  I  have  seen  men  faint,  and 
I  have  known  a  few  who  gave  up  their  professional  calling 
because  they  did  not  feel  themselves  competent  to  carry  out  its 
details  in  the  way  rec[uired. 

(The  late)  Sir  Benjamin  Ward  Richardsoti,  M.  D.,  London. 

HB  duties  and  privileges  of  a  permanent 
graduate  nurse  in  charge  of  a  hospital  ward 
or  floor  are  numerous  and  varied.  To  begin 
with,  before  she  is  put  in  such  a  position,  she  must 
have  been  proved  to  be  a  woman  of  strength  of 
character  sufficient  to  enable  her  to  manage  many 
minds  and  temperaments. 

She  must  be  fearless  of  others'  opinions  in 
matters  of  conscience,  with  a  sense  of  duty  strong 
enough  to  make  her  hesitate  not  a  moment  to 
report  neglect  of  duty  or  infringement  of  rules. 
She  must,  under  all  circumstances,  be  unfalteringly 
honest,  sober-minded,  never  flippant  in  speech  or 
act.  She  has  charge  of  both  nurses  and  patients 
under  her  care,  and  this  should  be  made  as  nearly 
complete  as  possible,  scope  being  given  her  to 
carry  out  her  own  ideas  so  far,  and  only  so  far, 
as  they  concur  with  the  general  management  and 
system  of  the  hospital.  She  must  be  held  re- 
sponsible for  the  nursing,  comfort,  cleanliness, 
feeding,  conduct  and  discipline  of  her  patients  and 
the  general  morale  of  the  floor.  She  will  see  that 
the  wards  are  clean,  and  this  includes  everything 
in  them  —  **  so  clean  that  they  cannot  be  made 
cleaner;"  orderly,  quiet,  well-ventilated  and  of  the 
proper  temperature ;   that   bath-rooms   and   water 


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closets  are  in  perfect  order,  clean  and  disinfected 
daily.  She  should  personally  daily  inspect  ice- 
chests  and  see  that  they  are  odorless  and  sweet, 
vessels,  cupboards  and  closets ;  should  see  that 
dining-room  and  kitchen  are  free  from  roaches  and 
that  the  food  is  served  hot  and  punctually ;  that 
linen  closets  and  supply  cupboards  are  well  stocked 
and  always  ready  for  inspection ;  that  the  medicine 
and  treatment  and  diet  lists  are  corrected  daily  and 
are  neat  and  accessible.  She  will  see  that  ward 
and  corridor  walls  are  swept  once  a  week  with  a 
long-handled  brush,  and  that  all  paint  is  clean  and 
spotless.  She  is  responsible  to  the  superintendent 
of  the  training  school  for  the  work  of  all  her  sub- 
ordinates, the  ward-maids,  scrubbers,  orderlies,  and, 
of  course,  the  nurses.  To  her  belongs  largely  the 
practical  training  of  the  pupil  nurses  —  a  very 
serious  and  responsible  undertaking. 

Upon  her  report  of  a  probationer  the  head  of  the 
school  necessarily  has  greatly  to  depend,  and  her 
judgment  must  be  good  and  her  perception  quick, 
or  how  can  she  determine  the  difference  between 
stupidity  and  slowness  in  a  new  pupil ;  or,  again, 
distinguish  shyness  and  its  attendant  short  answers 
from  the  intentional  bad  manners  of  a  self-satisfied 
and  opinionated  probationer?  The  blunders  of 
ignorance  must  be  weeded  out  from  the  natural 
awkwardness  which  no  training  can  undo  or  alter, 
and  the  untidy  ward,  resulting  from  overwork, 
from  that  due  to  habitually  unsystematic  methods. 

She  must  be  perfectly  impartial,  just  and  firm, 
yet  with  all  this  she  will  need  also  to  be  kind, 
patient  and  persevering,  remembering  that  "  eternal 
vigilance  is  the  price  of  success."  Though  the 
routine  work  be  wearisome,  it  must  not  be  neg- 
lected in  any  detail,  no  matter  how  trivial  it  may 
appear  (though  it  is  doubtful  if  anything  connected 


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Let  her  strive  against  that  narrow-mindedness 
which  comes  to  some  as  a  result  of  institution 
work,  and  which  magnifies  near-by  objects  so  as  to 
shut  out  those  at  a  distance,  unimportant  matters 
assuming  great  proportions. 

She  should  maintain  harmony,  if  possible,  and 
be  a  bond  of  peace,  never  fault-finding  or  quarrel- 
some. She  should  know  accurately  the  physical 
condition  of  her  patients,  and  make  rounds  with 
the  physicians  when  practicable.  She  will  instruct 
the  probationers  personally  by  the  bedside  and  in 
the  ward,  as  to  taking  of  temperatures  and  of  all 
clinical  records,  making  beds  and  giving  out  of 
medicines,  until  the  pupil  has  grasped  the  subject 
and  can  be  trusted  alone. 

She  will  attend  such  clinics  as  require  patients 
from  her  ward  or  floor,  and  will  be  held  responsible 
for  the  condition  of  all  such.  Whatever  tone  she 
gives  to  her  floor  will  be  reproduced  even  down  to 
the  patients,  and  she  will  have  to  watch  herself 
carefully  to  be  sure  that  reproduction  does  her 
credit.  In  a  larsfe  hospital  there  are  always  many 
different  dispositions  among  the  head  nurses,  and 
this  probationer  is  sent  to  one  because  she  needs 
encouragement  and  will  get  it,  while  another,  fully 
able  to  hold  her  own  and  rather  inclined  to  be 
aggressive,  is  sent  to  a  second,  by  whom  such  un- 
desirable traits  will  not  be  tolerated — and  so  it  goes. 

As  she  herself  has  learned  to  obey  implicitly,  so 
she  will  command  obedience,  and,  no  matter  how 
important  the  position  she  may  eventually  fill, 
she  should  never  forget  the  lesson  and  value  of 
obedience,  nor  become  like  Kipling's  heathen: 

'"E  don't  obey  no  orders  unless  they  is  'is  own" 

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No  lesson  is  of  more  value  than  that  which  dis- 
jlpline  teaches  us,  and  if,  while  a  subordinate,  she 

^as  dealt  vvith  with  what  seemed  to  her  unneces- 
sary sternness,  it  should  serve  to  make  her  temper 
justice  with  mercy;   but  on  the  other  hand  she 

lust  never  let  sentiment  interfere  with  duty.  She 
should  be  held  to  strict  account  for  all  hospital 
)roperty,  its  condition  and  care,  and  should  keep 
in  accurate  list  of  all  articles  in  use  and  in  stock. 

Lt  least  quarterly  she  should  make  an  inventory, 
)r  carefully  compare  the  last  one  with  the  stock 
)n  hand. 

She  should  practice  and  preach  ecoijomy,  and 
the  value  of  property  as  such,  and  should  be  as 
thoughtful  —  yes,  more  so,  of  the  way  all  articles 
ire  used,  than  if  they  were  her  own.  Many  pupil 
lurses  are  careless  because  they  have  not  been 
taught  carefulness  —  an  essential  part  of  their 
training,  which  the  head  nurse  must  not  forget. 

The  head  nurses  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital 
:*are   graduates   of    its    training   school,   selected 

icause  of  distinguished  ability,  faithfulness  and 
)rudence."     The   first  two   attributes   have   been 

itW  tested  by  their  work  as  pupils,  so  that  we  are 
fure  they  know  just  how  much  to  expect  of  those 
mder  them,  while  prudence  is  a  very  necessary 
rirtue  to  possess — a  discourager  of  gossip,  in  the 
frst  place;  and,  so,  prudent  in  tongue.     Prudent  in 

mduct  also  must  she  be,  "  well  balanced,"  stopping 
think  before  issuing  an  order  and   under  no 

ressure  of  excitement  being  anything  but  per- 

ictly  calm  and  self-possessed.  But  though  quiet, 
|he  must  be  ready  for  any  emergency,  knowing 

ist  wha^  to  do  and  how  to  do  it.     She   should 

:now  so||(lthing  of  the  individual  characteristics 

tf  all  her  subordinates,  or  she  will  never  govern 

ihem  properly,  and  the  knowledge  of  minds  and 


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methods  thus  gained  will  be  invaluable.     She  has 
great  opportunities  for  developing  any  executive 

■  ability  she  may  possess,  which  will  help  make  her, 
some  day,  if  she  so  desire,  the  head  of  a  hospital 
or  training  school.  There  are  still,  strange  to  say, 
more  hospital  positions  than  there  are  women  of 
the  right  sort  to  fill  them,  while  there  is  no  paucity 
of  the  other  kind.  If  a  woman  has  the  unusual 
gifts  necessary  to  govern  others,  such  as  firmness 
of  character,  an  absolute  sense  of  right,  a  sensitive 
conscience,  moral  courage,  infinite  patience  and  a 
willingness  to  bear  what  is  beyond  remedy  with 
unwearying  effort,  intuition  by  which  she  can  tell 
the  false  note  in  speech  and  the  false  ring  of  char- 
acter ;  if  she  be  systematic  and  can  make  others  so, 
and  has  a  high  standard  of  life  and  its  duties,  with 
a  dignity  of  presence  which  makes  her  respected, 
with  good  health  and  a  cheerful  and  kindly  dis- 
position, so  that  she  is  loved  as  well  as  obeyed  (for 
surely  no  place  on  earth  needs  such  tender  words  | 
and  hearts  and  such  bright  faces  as  does  a  hospital)!  - 

—  she  will  not  only  be  able  to  obtain  a  responsibk  J| 
position,  but  will  be  sought  for  by  hospital  mana- 
gers and  can  command  a  very  fair  salary.     Those 
nurses  who  have  previously  served  as  head  nurses  | 
are  best  adapted  for  such  a  place.     The  advantage 
of  such  experience  is  that  she  comes  in  contact  witli| 
the  attending  physicians,  many  of  them  men  of 
note,  who  do  not  forget  her  if  she  is  skilled,  and 
who  often  help  her  afterward,  either  by  themselves 
employing  her  or  by  referring  others  to  her,  so 

.  that  if  she  takes  up  private  nursing  she  finds  her- 
self not  a  stranger  even  in  the  beginning.  If  she 
be  a  conscientious  woman,  she  will  try  to  exert  af 
good  influence  over  all  with  whom  she  comes  in 
contact,  and  mil  leave  an  impression  often  lasting 
many  years.     Her  virtues  and  her  faults,  too,  willj 


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be  passed  down  to  generations  of  head  nurses  and 

of  pupils. 

I  Let  her  take  heed  that  she  make  the  ^'  legends  ** 
lof  thv*  hospital  holy  ones,  and  that  her  example 
Ibring  high  ideals  and  ambitions  and  lofty  desires 
Ito  an  who  follow.  It  is  a  noble  work  and  an  un- 
Iselfish  life  to  all  who  choose  to  make  it  such.  Let 
lour  head  nurse  take  for  her  motto  the  beautiful 
[words  of  frowning: 

For  truth  ind  right,  and  only  right  and  truth— right,  truth, 

OB  the  abaolute  sfcale  of  Goa; 
No  pettincM  of  man's  adrieaaurement— 
In  mch  case  only,  and  for  each  one  canae, 
Fight  your  hearts  out,  whatever  idt<*  betide ; 
Hands  energetic  to  the  uttermost  f 

Afarwn  E.  Smith. 


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CHAPTER  VII. 

NURSING  IN  PRIVATE  HOSPITALS  OR 
SANITARIUMS. 

I  know  and  publicl)'  proclaim  that  the  results  of  the  h  ot  of  physicians 
have  vastly  improved  since  their  cases  have  bee  ,  in  the  hands  of 
trained  nurses.  This  is  so  in  private  dwellir.<?.«» ;  it  is  the  same  in 
hospitals — there  the  difference  can  be  measured  on  a  large  scale; 
the  trained  nurse  has  worked  a  vast  improvement. 

Abraham  Jacobiy  M.D.,  New  York. 

URSING   in   a   Private   Hospital   or  Sani- 
tarium is  somewhat  unique,  combining  the 
necessary  qualities  of  a  hospital  nurse  and 
private  or  family  nurse. 

Taking,  for  example,  a  house  where  patients 
are  sent  by  some  twenty  or  more  doctors,  each  oc- 
cupying a  private  room,  and  each  person,  so  far  as 
possible,  to  be,  or  so  to  appear,  the  only  one  to  be  | 
taken  care  of  in  the  house.  It  will  readily  be  seen 
that  there  is  great  necessity  for  a  careful  selection  | 
of  nurses. 

The  nursing  staff  must  consist  of  a  Head  Nurse i 
and  assistant  nurses  for  both  day  and  night,  these 
assistants  being  thoroughly  experienced  graduate 
nurses. 

To  the  Head  Nurse  is  given  the  charge  of  tk 
nursing  department,  and  she  is  responsible  to  those| 
in  authority  for  the  proper  care  and  well-being  of*! 
the  patients.     Even  in  a  house  of  moderate  size* 
this  position  is  by  no  means  an  easy  one  if  satij 
faction  is  to  be  given  to  all  concerned. 

In   private    hospitals   where  the    nursing   anc 
housekeeping   departments   are   managed  by  tBel 
same  person,  the  result  is  rarely  satisfactory. 


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45 


The  salary  of  the  Head  Nurse  of  such  an  insti- 
tution averages  from  thirty-five  to  forty  dollars  a 
lonth,  with  all  living  expenses.     The  assistant 
lurses  receive  twenty-five  dollars  monthly,  with 
ixpenses. 

The  Head  Nurse  must  be  a  woman  of  more  than 
)rdinary  executive  ability;  she  must  have  had  the 
)est  of  operating-room  training,  and  a  general 
:nowledge,  at  least,  of  such  cases  as  are  likely  to 
[come  under  her  care.  She  must  be  a  woman  of 
[some  presence,  as  her  position  is  one  which  should 
[demand  respect  from  all,  and  the  obedience  as  well 
)f  her  assistants.  She  needs  to  be  level-headed, 
the  demands  on  her  are  many  and  constant, 
|and  she  must  have  that  much-to-be-desired  quality, 
tactfulness,  in  order  that  she  may  keep  the  rough 
)laces  smooth,  and  the  machinery  of  the  work  well 
;t)iled  and  out  of  sight. 

I    The  duties  of  the  Head  Nurse  are  numerous ; 

phe  has  to  accompany  the  doctors  in  their  visits  to 

their  patients,  receive  their  orders,  and,  after  their 

leparture,  pass  them  to  the  assistant  nurses  to  be 

parried  out. 

Each  doctor  has  his  own  method  for  the  after- 
care of  his  patients,  and  she  is  responsible  for  the 
particular  treatment  of  each  case.     She  has  the 
iipervision  of  the  operating-room  as  to  its  absolute 
leanliness,  the  preparing  of  surgical  dressings  and 
ipplies,  sterilizing  of   dressings,  aprons,  towels, 
isins,  etc.,   and   must   always   be   ready  for   an 
lergency.     She   attends   all   operations,   having 
le  or  more  nurses  to  assist  as  the  case  requires, 
fvery  patient  must  be  seen  by  her  at  least  twice 
day;  very  much  oftener  when  the  condition  is 
irious. 

A  list  of  all  the  drugs,  alcohol  and  stimulants 
kept,  and  a  careful  account  of  the  disposition  of 


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the  drugs  and  dressings  used  by  the  different  pa- 
tients. The  nurses  of  each  floor  keep  an  account 
of  what  is  used  by  their  patients ;  these  are  com- 
pared by  the  nurse  in  charge  with  her  own  book, 
and  she  is  thus  able  to  give  an  account  of  the  sup- 
plies in  her  care. 

The  hours  for  recreation  are  the  same  as  in 
most  Training  Schools:  two  hours  each  day  in 
addition  to  the  time  for  meals,  and  a  half -day 
weekly. 

The  assistant  nurses  have  each  a  certain  number 
of  patients  under  their  care.  Here  their  indi- 
viduality has  an  opportunity  to  show  itself.  The 
patients  are  to  be  cared  for  and  medicine  to  be 
administered  at  the  appointed  hour.  The  work 
must  be  arranged  so  as  to  have  everything  done 
on  time,  but  in  such  a  way  that  each  patient  is  | 
made  comfortable  without  feeling  the  nurse's  deft- 
ness to  be  hurry. 

The  study  of  the  individual  patient,  his  or  her 
idiosyncrasies  and  tastes  is  not  only  interesting, 
but  makes  the  j^if^  of  all  far  more  satisfactory. 
The  better  the  wurse  understands  and  sympathizes 
with  her  patients,  the  better  will  she  be  able  to  use 
the  means  employed  for  their  recovery. 

I  have  said  the  nursing  in  a  private  hospital 
is  unique,  and  without  question  such  is  the  case. 
There  must  be  the  same  implicit  obedience  and 
submission  of  the  assistant  nurses  to  the  head  of 
the  nursing  department,  as  is  found  in  the  Training 
School.  Their  work  must  be  systematically  ar- 
ranged, but  the  patient  must  not  see  or  feel  tlie  ^^ 
system.  If  one  patient  is  trying  or  exacting,  not  | 
only  must  the  nurse  control  her  face,  voice  arid| 
speech  while  in  that  room,  but  when  she  goes  to 
another  patient  she  must  go  to  her  fresh,  witli| 
no  trace  apparent  of  what  has  just  occurred. 


HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 


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There  must  be  not  only  careful  attention  to  the 
patient's  wants,  either  real  or  imaginary,  but  there 
must  be  a  bright  courtesy,  sympathy  and  com- 
panionableness  added  to  the  adaptability  and  in- 
sight necessary  to  know  when  the  patient  wants  to 
be  amused,  and  when  to  be  left  alone. 

Of  one  thing  the  nurse  cannot  be  too  careful, 
and  that  is  to  remember  her  instructions  received 
while  in  training :  that  absolutely  no  gossip  should 
creep  into  her  conversation  with  her  patients,  either 
regarding  the  management  of  the  house  or  what  is 
going  on  therein.  Each  patient,  as  has  before  been 
said,  should  be  as  if  the  only  one  in  the  house,  and 
the  name,  condition  and  reason,  of  the  admittance 
of  each  should  be  held  absolutely  sacred.  It  will 
readily  be  seen  by  this  that  not  only  are  well- 
trained  nurses  needed,  but  well-bred,  refined, 
thoughtful  women. 

Even  with  the  best  early  advantages  a  newly- 
graduated  nurse  is  rarely  well  qualified  to  enter 
upon  the  work  acceptably;  for  the  inevitable  nar- 
rowness and  routine  of  hospital  life  almost  always 
produces  a  certain  stereotyped  manner,  a  certain 
rigidity  of  adherence  to  the  particular  system  or 
rules  under  which  she  was  trained,  which  is  felt 
I  unpleasantly  by  the  patients  in  a  first-class  private 
[hospital. 

This  manner,  acquired  unconsciously  and  per- 
laps  unavoidably,  in  the  rush  of  work  in  a  large 
nty  hospital,  has  to  be  modified  by  contact  with 
the  individual  patient  in  private  duty ;  and  in  win- 
ling  the  confidence  of  the  relatives  and  friends 
laturally  anxious  about  their  dear  sick  ones  and 
ignorant  of  the  necessity  for  discipline  in  the 
jick-room,  the  young  nurse  gains  experience  not 
mly  in  nursing,  but  in  knowing  when  she  may 
neld  and  when  she  must  be  firm. 


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It  would  seem  that  the  requirements  of  the  ideal 
nurse  for  a  private  hospital  are  many,  and  it  is  not 
to  be  denied  they  are.  What  the  advantages  are, 
and  whether  any  exist,  each  nurse  must  decide  for 
herself. 

There  is  a  good  home,  good  table,  regular  hours, 
contact  with  the  best  surgeons  and  physicians  in  the 
city,  and  the  opportunity  of  seeing  their  methods 
of  treatment  and  of  operating.  Of  this  opportunity 
most  nurses  are  glad  to  avail  themselves,  as  it  not 
only  refreshes  their  memory,  but  widens  their  ex- 
perience and  keeps  them  up  with  the  times.  This 
is  especially  true  of  the  operating-room  work, 
which  forms  one  of  the  most  interesting  features 
in  the  life  of  the  house,  and  the  experience  gained 
is  often  as  varied  as  in  the  large  city  hospitals. 

To  the  nurses  who  have  spent  some  time  on 
private  duty  this  is  of  great  value,  for  there  is 
comparatively  little  major  surgery  done  in  private 
houses,  and  one  gets  very  rusty  in  surgical  work. 

Private  nurses  are  also  usually  employed  by  a 
somewhat  limited  number  of  doctors,  often  only 
by  those  who  have  visited  at  the  hospitals  where 
they  were  trained. 

Association  with  the  patients,  though  limited,  is 
another  source  of  development ;  for  there  comes  a 
period  of  convalescence  when  there  may  be  pleasant 
discussions  of  books  read,  of  comparing  opinions 
of  places  of  interest  seen  by  both.  Contact  with 
those  who  have  read,  thought  and  traveled  must 
have  a  broadening  effect,  and  though  one  duos  not 
always  have  patients  of  culture  and  refinement, 
there  is  always  something  to  be  learned  and  much 
to  be  done  when  the  sympathies  are  quickened 
and  one's  heart  is  in  the  work. 

But  if  the  day's  work  is  only  so  much  to  be  done 
before  going  "off  duty,"  if  it  is  only  a  business, 


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49 


and  often  a  weariness,  and  each  patient  a  **case," 
then,  indeed,  mechanical  work  is  all  that  can  be 
expected,  without  heart  for  the  patient,  and  with- 
out interest  for  themselves. 

Such  nurses  there  may  be ;  but,  thank  God,  the 
majority  are  earnest,  conscientious  women  whose 
work  is  something  more  than  a  means  of  self- 
support. 

The  whole  tone  of  the  house  is  affected  by  that 
of  the  nursing-corps.  The  atmosphere,  from  garret 
to  cellar,  should  be  one  of  helpful,  loving  service, 
an  active  desire  to  further  the  work  of  those  who 
trust  their  sick  to  us.  As  was  once  said  by  a 
patient  on  leaving  a  Private  Hospital:  "the  whole 
atmosphere  of  the  house  is  love,"  and  where  love 
is,  there  God  is  also. 

Anna  L.  Alston. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 
DISTRICT  NURSING. 

"District  Nursing"  means  caring  for  the  sick  in  a  room  where  it 
would  be  impossible  for  any  one  to  sleep  who  was  not  a  member 
of  the  family. 

Mrs.  Florence  Dacre  Craven* 

OMETHING  like  forty  years  ago  (1859) 
an  English  philanthropist  sent  a  woman  to 
work  among  the  sick  poor  of  Liverpool  in 
their  own  homes.  Four  years  later  the  same 
gentleman  had  divided  the  city  into  eighteen  dis- 
tricts, assigning  a  nurse  to  each.  This  seems  to 
have  been  the  origin  of  what  is  now  known  as 
"  District  Nursing,"  an  elastic  term,  which  to-day 
includes  many  methods  of  utilizing  among  the 
straitened  and  the  very  poor  the  nursing  skill  and 
educative  possibilities  of  hospital  graduates.  It  is 
a  work  which  has  appealed  to  all,  from  many  stand- 
points, until  now  a  number  of  cities  have  forces  of 
trained  nurses,  some  scattered,  others  well  organ- 
ized, but  all  doing  district  nursing  in  the  crowded 
quarters  of  the  poor  or  in  the  outlying  separated 
homes  of  great  cities. 

The  methods  of  reaching  this  class  of  patients 
and  the  minute  details  of  the  work  must  vary  ac- 
cording to  the  special  conditions  and  needs  of  the 
neighborhood  in  which  the  nurse  is  at  work. 
Probably  no  two  are  identical,  particularly  in  our 
more  cosmopolitan  cities;  but  generally  speaking 
a  district  nurse  gives  the  day  to  her  various 
charges,  dividing  the  hours  according  to  the  number 
and  needs  of  her  patients,  not  living  in  the  house 

•  ("I  am  the  oldest  trained  nurse  in  England,  save  Miss  Nightingale.") 

Mrs.  Craven. 


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51 


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with  any  one  of  them,  as  does  the  private  nurse, 
but  going  from  one  to  another.  Thus  she  econo- 
mizes her  steps,  and  each  day  regulates  her  work 
so  that  the  patients  most  ill  or  least  cared  for  by 
their  companions  shall  have  the  greater  share  of 
her  time  and  skill.  Going  from  one  to  another  she 
will  perform  many  and  varied  services,  not  always 
nursing  in  the  narrowest  sense  of  the  word;  but 
everything  done  for  the  comfort  and  well-being  of 
the  sick  one  or  the  family  is  naturally  of  such 
oractical  character  that  none  can  measure  the  al- 
^.ost  unlimited  possibilities  of  this  true  missionary 
to  the  people. 

She  must  be  alert  and  deft  in  many  kinds  of 
service,  quick  to  detect  and  ready  to  act,  for  in 
this  work  the  doctor  is  remote  and  often  never 
seen,  the  resources  few,  and  the  patient's  life  may 
depend  on  the  nurse's  ability  to  meet  emergencies 
and  avert  the  consequences  of  ignorant  mistakes. 
She  may  have  to  clean  the  room  or  stop  a  hemor- 
rhage ;  teach  a  child  to  sweep  without  raising  a  dust 
or  instruct  a  mother  how  to  care  for  the  trache- 
otomy tube ;  she  may  improvise  appliances  or  give 
a  cooking  lesson.  She  will  generally  be  obliged 
to  teach,  often  to  enforce,  laws  of  hygiene  and  clean- 
liness which  are  household  words  among  children 
even  of  the  better  educated.  She  must  be  tact- 
ful enough  to  give  her  lessons  despite  the  for- 
bidding barriers  of  ignorance  and  prejudice,  and 
yet  win  respect  and  love,  and  a  welcome  to  the 
homes  of  her  district.  She  may  find  the  best  a 
nurse  can  do  is  not  sufficient,  and  that  the  patients' 
condition  and  circumstances  require  hospital  treat- 
ment. In  this  event  her  difficulties  will  probably 
be  augmented  by  their  aversion  to  the  transfer, 
until  persuasion  and  argument  influence  them  to 
accept  what  alone  can  save  them.     Often,  however, 


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what  is  really  a  "hospital  case"  will  be  cared  for 
at  the  poor  home,  that  removal  of  the  patient  (the 
mother,  perhaps)  may  not  break  up  the  family. 
In  such  a  case  the  most  intellig^ent  member  of  the 
family,  or  a  friend,  must  be  enlisted  in  service  and 
put  in  charge  until  the  next  visit  of  the  nurse. 

The  ''loan  closet,"  without  which  no  district 
nurse  can  work,  should  be  within  easy  reach.  In 
it  she  keeps  atomizers,  bed-pans,  blankets,  head- 
rests, nightgowns,  sheets  (cotton  and  rubber), 
sterilizers,  syringes,  toys,  picture-books,  etc.,  in  a 
word,  all  such  appliances  as  will  conduce  to  the 
comfort  and  cleanliness  of  patients  whose  resources 
are  too  limited  to  procure  them.  These  things 
may  be  given  outright,  but  are  generally  loaned,  a 
record  of  the  loan  kept  in  the  closet  and  cancelled 
when  the  articles  are  returned  to  it.  From  the 
closet  and  the  medicine  chest  the  nurse  fills  her 
bag,  empties,  replenishes,  again  and  again.  In  the 
bag  she  carries  with  her,  she  will  have  the  antisep- 
tic solutions,  bandages,  instrument  case,  syringes, 
thermometer,  etc.,  and  will  add  to  these  such  things 
as  she  has  found  wanting,  and  which  the  people 
cannot  supply.  Though  she  is  careful  not  to  be 
considered  an  almoner,  she  will  often  find  it  neces- 
sary to  carry  beef  extract,  eggs,  jellies,  milk  tickets 
and  various  tempting  dishes,  and  as  often  bring  in 
other  agencies  to  correct  or  help. 

In  cities  already  districted  by  dispensaries,  the 
nurse  often  works  only  with  the  visiting  physician 
of  her  district.  Beginning  her  rounds  in  the  early 
morning,  she  will  meet  him  at  a  stated  hour  to 
report  on  the  cases  visited  that  morning  and  the 
previous  afternoon,  receive  orders  and  instructions 
for  them  or  the  new  cases  he  desires  her  to  see, 
replenish  her  bag  with  the  needed  supplies,  and 
recommence  her  rounds.     In  the  "  Nurses'  Settle- 


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raent,"  the  requests  for  the  nurse's  visits  come 
from  various  churches,  dispensaries,  doctors,  hos- 
pitals, organized  societies  and  schools,  and  largely 
from  the  people  of  the  tenements.  In  the  latter 
case  it  is  her  further  duty  often  to  direct  to  the 
physician,  hospital  or  dispensary  that  seems  best 
suited  to  the  particular  ailment  of  the  individual. 
Having  a  large  acquaintance  with  the  medical 
resources  of  the  city,  and  being  influenced  by  noth- 
ing but  the  desire  to  bring  the  best  possible  service 
to  the  patient,  she  is  the  connecting  link  between 
the  two. 

A  nurse  ordinarily  starts  on  her  rounds  at 
8  A.  M.  Her  first  visit  will  be  made  to  the  patient 
about  whom  she  has  been  most  disturbed.  If  a 
fever  patient,  she  will  take  his  temperature,  give  a 
bath,  make  the  bed,  prepare  the  food  that  he  may 
eat,  instructing  some  one  in  the  family  in  every- 
thing she  does,  explaining  why  each  is  done  thus 
and  so,  and  impressing  anew  with  what  dare  not 
be  given,  or  the  accidents  to  be  guarded  against. 
Writing  out  the  time  and  amount  of  medicines  due 
until  her  return,  she  goes  to  the  next — a  child  ill 
with  pneumonia — takes  her  temperature,  respira- 
tion and  pulse,  gives  a  bath  or  makes  a  "  pneumonia 
jacket,"  tempts  the  little  one  to  drink  the  milk  she 
has  probably  refused  from  the  others,  and  bears  in 
mind  that  she  is  to  bring  a  picture-book  in  her  bag 
for  her  next  time.  Then,  on  to  the  old  dame  with 
the  "bad  legs"  that  need  careful  bandaging,  or  the 
ulcers  that  have  become  chronic,  and  will  need 
dressing  for  an  indefinite  period,  and  so  on  through- 
out the  day,  down  into  the  darkest  basements,  up 
to  the  top  floors  of  the  tallest  tenements,  into  alleys 
and  rear  houses,  touching  in  friendliness  and  sym- 
pathy the  poor,  the  unfortunate,  sometimes  the 
sinning,  the  victims  of  unjust  social  conditions. 


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Just  as  miich  as  this  nurse  and  friend  can  bring 
into  their  lives  and  homes  by  her  knowledge,  refine- 
ment and  social  tact,  just  that  much  can  she  hope 
to  influence.  Her  privileges  do  not  end  with  the 
leg  bandaged,  the  bath  given,  the  lessons  taught; 
she  has  had  a  close  view  of  conditions,  perhaps 
causes,  and  though  she  may  not  be  able  to  cure 
or  even  mitigate  these,  she  can  bring  the  report 
to  the  student  of  sociology  as  well  as  to  her 
dispensary  physician,  and  thus  again  be  the  link 
between  the  classes. 

Thus  the  district  nurse  will  find  unending  oppor- 
tunities for  definite  help,  physical,  mental,  moral 
and  social,  and  if  she  start  with  such  qualities  as 
will  give  her  perception  of  her  opportunities  and 
intelligence  to  meet  them,  she  is  well  prepared. 
These  are  qualities  not  wholly  to  be  developed  in  a 
hospital  training;  but  in  the  wards  of  the  large 
acute  hospitals,  contact  with  and  service  for  the  oft- 
changing  patients  bring  education  in  many  things 
besides  technical  nursing.  Thus,  in  making  choice 
of  a  school  for  training  in  this  work,  those  con- 
nected with  the  large  hospitals  of  the  great  cities 
are  preferable.  Every  so-called  specialist  will  de- 
sire the  best  material  for  his  particular  work,  but 
experienced  educators  of  nurses,  both  here  and 
abroad,  concur  in  the  opinion  that  while  careful 
training  will  fit  almost  any  nurse  for  "private 
duty,"  and  while  under  almost  military  supervision 
the  ward-work  can  hardly  go  wrong,  the  district 
nurse  must  have  such  special  qualifications  as  I 
have  referred  to.  Florence  Nightingale,  though  at 
first  a  little  slow  to  see  the  ground  that  could  be 
covered,  became  generous  in  her  praise  of  what  had 
already  been,  and  enthusiastic  of  what  could  be  ac- 
complished, but  added:  "She  must  be  more  accom- 
plished and  responsible  than  a  nurse  in  the  hospital." 


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Temperature  and  pulse  tak| 

and  nose  sprayed  q.  2.  h. 

Jan.  8.     Sprayed  three  tinil 

Jan.  10.     .Sprayed  only  twi(f 

Jan.  12.     Much  imnro'ved. 

Visited  only  once  daily. 


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These  authorities  further  agree  that  the  nurse's 

gospel    should    be:    Order,    Health,    Cleanliness, 

Friendliness;  for,  unless  she  is  understood  to  be 

working  with  and  for  the  parish  of  a  church,  her 

[work  should  be  absolutely  unsectarian,  that  she 

[may  not  be  looked  on  as  a  proselytizer,  and  her 

'  services  be  depreciated  as  being  a  cover  for  another 

[purpose. 

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CHAPTER  IX. 
OBSTETRICAL  NU'  SING. 

Remember,  every  nurse  should  be  one  who  is  to  be  depended  upon ; 
in  other  words,  capable  of  being  a  "confidential"  nurse.  She 
must  be  no  gossip,  no  vain  talker.  She  should  never  answci 
questions  about  her  patients  except  to  those  who  have  a  right  to 
ask  them.  She  must  be  a  sound,  and  close,  and  quick  observer; 
and  she  must  be  a  woman  of  delicate  and  decent  feeling. 

Florence  Nightingale. 

|BSTBTRICAL  nursing  is  the  art  of  caring 
for  a  woman  during  pregnancy,  labor,  and 
the  puerperal  state.  It  necessitates  careful 
training  in  all  branches  of  nursing,  particularly 
tiiose  relating  to  the  condition  of  both  mother  and 
child.  An  aspirant  to  the  nursing  profession  should 
consider  the  importance  of  this  branch  of  nursing 
before  she  enters  a  training  school,  as  no  cases  are 
of  greater  importance  than  those  of  obstetrics,  and 
never  is  the  influence  of  a  good  woman  more 
strongly  felt  than  in  caring  for  such. 

Pregnant  women  require  the  most  intelligent 
care,  the  intelligence  bom  of  training  and  experi- 
ence, and  such  training  and  experience  can  be  fully 
obtained  only  in  a  maternity  hospital.  General 
hospitals  giving  the  best  instruction  provide  an 
opportunity  whereby  their  pupil  nurses  may  re- 
ceive training  in  a  lying-in  hospital.  If  six  months' 
residence  in  such  an  institution  can  be  obtained, 
after  graduating  from  a  general  hospital,  a  nurse 
gains  an  advantage  that  will  enable  her  to  instruct 
others,  as  well  as  to  render  intelligent  service  her- 
self. Maternity  hospitals,  however,  are  few  and 
nurses  many.  In  order,  therefore,  that  a  necessary 
amount  of  obstetrical  nursing  may  be  obtained, 


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ded  upon ; 
urse.  She 
•er  answci 
:  a  right  to 
:  observer; 

htingale. 

f  caring 
bor,  and 
J  careful 
icularly 
;lier  and 
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may  re- 
months' 
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a  nurse 
instruct 
vice  her- 
few  and 
ecessary 
obtained, 


;eneral  hospitals  are  now  requiring  three  years* 
Service  from  their  pupil  nurses.     The  first  year  is 
jpent  in  becoming  familiar  with  the  routine  work 
)f  the  house,  waiting  upon  and  relieving  junior 
md  senior  nurses,  and  performing  much  of  the 
lighter  housework.     The  second  year  is  devoted  to 
the  care  of  patients,  learning  to  prepare  for  and 
issist  in  operations,  and  to  administer  foods,  drugs 
md  medicines.     The  third  year  is  divided  into  two 
terms  of  six  months  each.     During  the  first  term 
the  pupil,  who  is  now  a  senior  nurse,  will  have 
jupervision  of  a  ward  or  floor  and  be  responsible 
For  the  training  of  all  probationers  and  juniors  who 
ire  placed  under  her.     She  will  also  be  required  to 
^devote  much  time  to  study.     In  the  second  term  of 
six  months  she  will  be  sent  to  care  for  those  out- 
side the  hospital  who  cannot  afford  to  pay  for  the 
services  of  a  trained  nurse,  but  who  need  such 
practical    skill.     This  system  of  district   nursing 
increases  the  responsibilities  of  the  superintendent, 
in   that  the   patients  are  not  directly  under  her 
Supervision,  but  it  provides  most  excellent  experi- 
ence for  the  nurses,  developing  their  self-reliance 
ind  training  them  ii  accuracy  of  statement,  as  a 
letailed  account  of  each  case  must  be  given  by  the 
prse   to   the   superintendent.      The  three  years' 
)urse  has  great  advantages  over  a  sl^orter  term, 
id  should  be  most  earnestly   advocated,  as  too 
[uch  study  and  labor  cannot  be  given  to  so  im- 
)rtant  a  work  as  nursing. 

Nurses  starting  with  a  fixed  idea  as  to  their  life- 
)rk  should  select  the  training  school  that  will 
ist  equip  them  for  it,  whether  it  is  to  be  private 
■  district  nursing  or  institution  work.  It  is  true 
lat  the  nurse  who  selects  her  occupation  from 
ire  love  of  it,  and  who  has  a  natural  tact  in 
lanaging  patients  is  bom,  not  mad^,  but  the  object 


HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 


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of  training  schools  for  nurses  is  to  take  the  woman 
of  average  ability,  and  by  training  and  cultivation, 
develop  her  into  the  good  nurse.  This  is,  unfor- 
tunately, not  always  accomplished. 

It  is  a  sad,  though  popular,  fallacy  that  an  in- 
experienced  and  untrained  person  is  able  to  properly 
care  for  a  woman  during  her  confinement.  I  could 
cite  several  instances  that  have  come  to  my  per- 
sonal knowledge  where  weeks  of  needless  suffering 
have  been  caused  by  ignorance.  One  case  will 
suffice  as  an  illustration.  I  went  with  a  physician 
to  assist  in  repairing  a  lacerated  perinaeum,  the  day 
after  labor.  The  woman  in  charge  of  the  patient 
was  neat  and  clean  in  her  personal  appearance 
and  said  she  had  nursed  for  fifteen  years,  but,  ap- 
parently, she  knew  nothing  of  the  necessity  for 
surgical  or  even  the  bodily  cleanliness  of  a  patient, 
for  the  poor  mother  was  in  a  deplorable  condition, 
not  having  been  bathed  since  delivery,  and  all 
soiled  sheets  and  towels  were  left  just  as  they  had 
been  used  during  labor.  This  patient  was  able  to 
pay  for  a  trained  nurse  and  thought  she  had  one, 
but  dM  not  discover  the  mistake  until  after  much 
harm  had  been  done.  Too  much  stress  cannot  be 
laid  upon  the  importance  of  a  practical  training  in 
obstetrics,  as  the  evil  consequences  of  ignorance 
can  hardly  be  estimated. 

Puerperal  fever  is  always  due  to  infection  and  is  | 
the  result  of  carelessness.  The  first  principle  in 
obstetrical  nursing,  as  in  all  other  nursing,  is 
cleanliness.  Surgical  cleanliness  is  obtained  by 
the  use  of  antiseptics.  A  knowledge  of  antiseptics 
and  their  value  must  be  had,  that  the  importance 
of  their  use  may  be  fully  understood  by  the  nurse, 
A  good  nurse  is  one  who  knows  that  surgical 
cleanliness  about  all  wounds  is  necessary,  and, 
also,   she   is   one   so   long  trained  in   the  use  of 


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;  woman 
tivation, 
s,  imfor- 

Lt  an  in- 
properly 
I  could 
my  per- 
suffering 
:ase  will 
>hysician 
L,  the  day 
e  patient 
ipearance 
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issity  for 
1  patient,    ' 
rendition, 
»  and  alii 
they  had  |'- 
IS  able  to 
had  one, 
"ter  much 
cannot  be 
aining  in  ^ 
ignorance : 

on  and  is 
inciple  in 
irsing,  is 
:ained  by 
ntiseptics 
nportance 
;he  nurse. 
;  surgical 
ary,  and, 
he  use  of 


intiseptic  preparations  that  she  easily  and  ac- 
mrately  performs  the  work  of  antisepsis  and  loses 
jight  of  no  important  detail  in  the  hurry  of  an 
imergency. 

The  positive  signs  of  pregnancy  are  the  foetal 
leart  and   foetal    movements.      The    foetal    heart 
lay  be  heard  about  the  fifth  month,  and  the  foetal 
lovements  felt  by  the  mother  between  the  fourth 
ind  fifth  months.     The  disorders  of  pregnancy  are 
lany,  and  the  nurse  should  be  able  to  determine 
hether  they  are  of  sufficient  importance  to  require 
he  attention  of  the  doctor.    Disturbances  of  the  kid- 
eys  or  bladder  are  usually  shown  in  the  general 
ppearance  of  the  patient  by  oedema  of  the  legs, 
highs  and  veins.   These  symptoms,  with  retention 
or  suppression  of  urine,  should  at  once  be  reported 
Ho  the  physician.     The  urine  should  be  watched 
carefully,  the  increase  or  decrease  in  its  amount, 
tlie  specific  gravity  ascertained,  and  if  any  trace  of 
albumen  is  found  the  test  for  it  should  be  made 
daily.     The  immediate  symptoms  to  be  noted  of 
raemia    are    dull    headache,   dimness    of    vision, 
ashes  before  the  eyes,  confused  condition  of  the 
ind,  and  oedema  of  the  extremities.     The  convul- 
ions  of  pregnancy  are  treated  in  the  same  manner 
s   are  other  uraemic   convulsions.     Perfect  quiet 
ust  be  obtained  for  the  patient,  and  the  kidneys 
imulated  into  action  by  external  heat  and  the  in- 
oduction  of  large  quantities  of  fluids   into   the 
body.     This  condition  is  most  serious  and  the  best 
medical  advice  should  be  obtained  at  once.    Hemor- 
rhage from  the  uterus  before  labor  is  a  serious 
iymptom,  and  when  present  the  patient  must  be 
'  ut  to  bed  at  once  and  the  physician  called.    Emer- 
encies  that  may  arise  in  obstetrical  nursing  are 
be  treated  as  are  other  emergencies,  with  prompt 
tention  and  in  a  manner  to  inspire  confidence. 


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It  is  necessary  that  the  nurse  be  able  to  distin- 
guish between  true  and  false  labor  pains,  and  when 
the  patient  is  in  labor  the  doctor  should  be  notified 
and  the  woman  prepared  for  her  confinement. 
She  should  have  a  warm  bath,  then  an  enema  of 
soap  suds  to  relieve  the  rectum  of  any  foecal  ob- 
struction. A  bi-chloride  solution  of  ,i  should  be 
used  in  abundance  to  cleanse  the  external  parts, 
and  a  vaginal  douche  of  bi-chloride  is  usually 
given  —  but  never  without  an  order  from  the  phy- 
sician. The  bed  should  be  made  with  a  view  to 
the  comfort  of  the  patient,  and  the  mattress  care- 
fully protected. 

It  is  most  important  that  a  large  quantity  of  hot 
water  be  in  readiness,  as  there  is  always  a  possibil- 
ity that  the  child  may  be  asphyxiated,  and  the 
mother  have  a  hemorrhage;  withoiit  plenty  of  hot^ 
water  the  efforts  of  the  doctor  to  relieve  the  emer- 
gencies may  be  of  no  avail. 

The  patient  should  be  made  comfortable  with  as. 
little  confusion  and  as  quickly  as  possible.  Atten- 
tion may  then  be  given  to  the  child.  It  is  the  duty 
of  the  nurse  to  see  that  the  eyes  of  the  child  are 
cleaned  immediately,  and  the  first  bath  not  too  vig- 
orous. After  several  hours  have  elapsed  and  tlie| 
mother  has  secured  some  sleep,  the  child  should  be 
put  to  nurse. 

Specific  instructions  from  the  physician  shouldjH 
be  obtained  by  the  nurse  for  the  after-care  of  thej 
mother.     Antiseptic    pads    should    be    used,  but 
douches  should  be  given  only  when  ordered  by  thej 
physician. 

The  nurse  must  be  clean,  disinfect  and  return  to! 
their  proper  places  all  articles  that  have  been  used| 
during  the  confinement,  and  hold  herself  respon- 
sible  for  their  condition.     The  intelligence  andi 
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)th  mother  and  child  and  their  surroundings,  and 
her  ability  to  manage  the  case  with  such  articles 
IS  she  finds  in  each  household,  though  they  may 
tall  far  short  of  what  she  has  been  accustomed  to 
ise  during  her  hospital  experience.  Old  house- 
lold  linen  can  be  made  sterile,  and  used  in  place  of 
the  more  expensive  absorbent  gauze  and  cotton 
that  is  provided  in  hospitals.  Economy  must  be 
)racticea  always.  A  nurse  who  at  any  time  or  in 
my  place  shows  herself  unable  to  meet  the  require- 

lents  of  the  situation  is  more  of  a  hindrance  than 

help,  and  sadly  fails  to  fulfil  her  mission.  It  is 
)y  the  work  of  inefficient  persons  that  nurses  are 
)ften  judged  and  condemned;  therefore,  it  is  neces- 
sary for  the  Superintendents  of  Training  Schools 
be  able  to  recognize  and  develop  the  abilities 

ley  find  in  each  applicant,  and  to  determine  before 

le  graduation  of  the  nurse  whether  or  no  she  is 
[ble  to  perform  the   duties   required  of  the   pro- 

ission. 
All  nurses  do  not  care  equally  for  nursing  in 

mfinement  cases,  but  if  a  nurse  objects,  or  neglects 
learn  all  that  is  possible  of  this  art  in  a  limited 

ime,  she  is  not  fit  to  become  a  trained  nurse. 

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CHAPTER  X. 
NURSING  THE  INSANE. 

The  expansive  spirit  of  to-day  teaches  that  to  minister  adequately  to 
the  mind  diseased,  there  shall  come  into  our  hospital  service  not 
only  warm  hearts  and  willing  hands,  hut  skill,  and,  also,  adapta- 
tion to  the  work.  It  is  hy  uplifting  the  standard  of  the  nurses, 
who  are  our  assistants  and  co-workers,  that  efficiency  becomen 

^^^"^^^^-  A^oderi  H.  Chase,  M.D., 

Supt.  Friends'  Insane  Asylum,  Philadelphia. 

HE  nursing  of  the  nervous  and  insane  is 
not  at  present  so  popular  a  branch  of  the 
profession  as  is  general  nursing.  This 
may  be  accounted  for  by  several  reasons,  one  being 
that  the  character  of  the  work  is  not  properly 
understood.  There  is  an  erroneous  idea  that  any 
one,  especially  any  trained  nurse,  can  care  for  the 
insane.  This  is  far  from  being  the  case.  To 
intelligently  and  successfully  minister  to  the  mind 
diseased  requires  special  and  careful  training,  and 
the  very  highest  order  of  woman.  The  latter  half 
of  this  century  has  seen  many  changes  and  re- 
forms, and  nowhere  were  such  more  needed  or  their  | 
good  results  more  visible  than  in  the  care  and 
treatment  of  mental  diseases.  It  is  almost  im- 
possible to  realize  that  until  comparatively  recently 
these  were  treated  by  chains  and  whips,  yet  such 
was  the  case  until  Christianity  and  science  opened 
men's  eyes.  The  "madhouse,"  the  "asylum,"  the 
"hospital,"  such  were  the  gradual  changes.  Not 
fifty  years  ago  Bedlam  (in  London)  had  a  "show 
day,"  admission  one  penny.  Then  there  was  no 
attempt  at  cure  or  treatment  and  but  cruel  "care." 
The  patients  were  not  classified;  the  vicious  crimi- 
nal and  the  sensitive  melancholic  were  chained  side 


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by  side,  while,  as  for  the  nursing,  no  respectable 
sane  woman  was  to  be  found  among  the  attendants. 
True,  the  world  was  never  so  wicked  but  that  some 
good  woman  could  be  found  in  every  condition  of 
life,  but  as  a  rule  those  in  charge  of  the  insane 
were  of  the  very  lowest  type. 

The  first  training  school  for  nurses  of  the  insane 
was  founded  by  Dr.  Edward  Cowles,  at  McLean 
Hospital,  Waverley,  Mass.,  and  is  the  progenitor 
of  all  others  now  existing,  here  or  abroad.  Such 
give  a  two-years'  course  of  instruction,  granting  a 
diploma  on  graduation.  It  comprises  a  theoretical 
course  on  general  nursing,  and  usually  excellent 
classes  and  lectures  on  their  own  specialty.  These 
open  to  the  student  the  nature  of  the  disease  with 
which  she  has  to  come  in  daily  contact,  make  her 
observe  and  understand  the  principles  underlying 
her  work.  If  she  is  an  intelligent  woman  the  work 
becomes  one  of  absorbing  interest  to  her.  It  is  a 
question  whether  all  specialties,  such  as  nervous 
diseases,  children's  diseases,  etc.,  should  not  come 
in  nursing,  as  they  do  in  the  medical  education, 
fter,  and  not  before,  a  general  knowledge  has  been 
btained. 
Now  that  many  hospitals  are  adopting  the  three- 
ears'  training  course,  some  portion  of  the  third 
ear  might  profitably  be  spent  in  the  study  of 
ervous  patients.  In  connection  with  the  two-year 
ystem,  a  post-graduate  course  of  a  third  year  in 
n  insane  hospital  would  add  very  mucn  to  the 
alue  of  the  nurse.  Much  has  been  done  in 
aining  schools  for  nervous  diseases,  yet  much 
emains  to  be  accomplished,  and  these  are  serious 
nd  important  subjects  for  consideration. 
Another  reason  for  the  lack  of  popularity  of  the 
ork  is  the  treatment  of  the  nurse.  It  is  strange 
at  those  whose  business  and  life  study  it  is  to 


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deal  with  and  bring  back  to  health  the  mind  which 
has  become  diseased  should  have  so  little  con- 
sideration for  the  healthy  mind  which  comes  to 
them  for  a  two  years'  training.  Few  insane  hospi- 
tals have  nurses'  homes.  In  many  of  them  the 
nurses'  rooms  are  directly  off  the  wards,  where,  on 
or  off  duty,  night  or  day,  they  are  never  really  free 
from  their  patients.  The  meal  times  in  a  general 
hospital,  usually  the  merriest  hours  of  the  twenty- 
four,  are  in  the  insane  hospital  one  continuous 
strain,  and  are  likewise  spent  in  company  of  the 
patients. 

Then,  too,  particularly  in  private  asylums,  the 
nurse  is  expected  to  do  more  housework  than  she 
would  in  a  general  hospit  il.  We  are  often  warned 
against  encroaching  on  the  province  of  the  phy- 
sician, but  no  one  seems  anxious  about  our  en- 
croaching on  the  province  of  house-maid  or  scrub- 
woman. Many  hospitals  are  now  working  on  the 
eight-hour  system,  many  more  have  the  nine,  and 
it  has  been  repeatedly  proved  that  a  nurse  cannot 
stand  over  nine  hours'  work  and  remain  healthy, 
mentally  and  physically;  yet  the  nurse  in  the  in- 
sane hospital  is  on  duty  for  from  twelve  to  fourteen 
hours,  sometimes  without  any  hours  for  rest  and 
recreation.  Until  those  whose  business  it  is  see 
that  these  things  are  remedied,  the  work  of  nursing 
the  insane  will  not  become  as  popular  as  it  should 
be,  nor  hold  its  proper  rank  in  our  profession. 

A  century  ago  Jacobi,  the  leading  German  expert 
on  insanity,  recognized  the  fact  that  the  insane 
would  not  be  properly  cared  for  until  cared  for  by 
women  who  served  for  the  love  of  God.  The 
present-day  woman,  the  New  Woman  in  the  true 
sense  of  the  phrase,  did  not  then  exist,  and  the 
woman  of  education  and  refinement  did  not  work 
for  money,   but   sought  the   protection   of    some 


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iligious  order.     Were  Jacobi  living  he  would  find 
lany  brave,  disinterested  women  in  training  as 
mrses  for  the  insane. 

There  is  somewhat  to  criticise  in  the  attitude  of 

le  general  nurse  toward  her  sister  of  the  asylum. 

fs  there  not  a  lack  of  that  Christian  good-fellowship 

^hich  should  influence  all  our  work?     Might  not 

little  more  intercourse  be  of  mutual  benefit? 
^he  patient  tactfulness  acquired  in  nursing  the 
isane  is  often  the  one  thing  needed  in  the  other- 
rise  competent  general  nurse,  and,  for  the  prac- 
ical  side  of  the  question,  a  nurse  for  the  insane 
m  always  command  work  and  a  good  salary. 

General  nursing  is  beginning  to  show  signs  of 
^ercrowding,  but  there  is  still  plenty  of  work  in 
lis  special  field,  and  notwithstanding  the  unselfish 
im  and  high  standard  which  may  influence  and 
icourage  the  true  nurse  in  her  work,  it  is  only 
luman  and  prudent  that  she  should  wish  to  make 
it  a  financial  success  as  welly 

"^    Emily  J.  MacDonnell. 


Graduates'  Badga,  Presbytorlan  Hospital,  N.  Y. 


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CHAPTER  XI. 
MASSAGE. 

To  no  woman  can  we  eive  higher  praise  than  to  say  of  her  that  she  is 
a  perfect  nurse ;  for  to  find  a  perfect  nurse  we  must  first  find  a 
woman  with  a  head  so  well-furnished,  a  heart  so  good,  and  a 
temper  so  sweet  that  she  might  almost  be  termed  a  perfect  woman. 

Athencsum,  i88g. 

ASSAGB  was  performed  at  such  ancient 
date  that  it  is  impossible  to  state  when  it 
was  first  used,  but  the  Chinese,  who  have 
always  boasted  of  their  leadership  in  the  world  of 
science,  probably  practiced  this  also.  The  Egyptian 
priests  employed  it;  in  Plato's  writings  references 
are  made  to  it,  and  in  460  B.  C.  Hippocrates,  the 
Father  of  Medicine,  considered  it  important,  and  not 
only  was  it  employed  by  civilized  nations,  but  even 
the  savages  used  it. 

Massage  comes  from  a  Greek  word  meaning  to 
knead  or  manipulate.  It  sometimes  has  the  power 
to  heal  when  judiciously  employed.  It  invariably 
aids  in  the  cure  and  is  a  powerful  nerve-rest  agent. 
It  assists  cell  assimilation  and  elimination,  and 
thus  quickens  the  circulation. 

There  are  two  kindj  of  massage — superficial  and 
deep.  The  latter  especially  affects  the  circulation  ; 
and  nutrition  of  the  deep  tissues.  In  superficial 
massage,  however,  the  capillaries,  where  the  great- 
est resistance  to  blood  progress  is  found,  are  in- 
fluenced, and  so  the  circulation  can  be  hastened  to 
a  large  degree.  Then,  too,  so  many  of  the  nerves 
terminate  in  the  surface  or  periphery,  that  in  mas- 
sage of  either  kind  we  find  that  these  nerve  termi- 
nals can  be  made  to  perform  their  work  in  a  stronger 
or  more  delicate  way.     In  other  words,  they  are 


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ther  rested  because  of  new  impressions  given  them 
hen  fatigued,  or  stimulated  when  passive  through 
sease.  To  make  a  sluggish  circulation  move  more 
ickly  in  order  to  carry  off  waste  products,  to  help 
rm  new  tissues,  or  to  hasten  in  tearing  down  the 
Jld  and  building  up  the  new  —  all  this  massage 
can  influence  in  a  marked  degree. 
.  Massage  should  never  be  given  unless  the  physi- 
cian specifically  prescribes  it  and  observes  its  effects. 
It  is  not  possible  that  everyone  can  give  it  success- 
fully. The  operator,  a  masseur  if  a  man,  a  mas- 
feure  if  a  woman,  should  be  strong,  with  a  flexible 
Jiand,  a  pleasing  personality  and  of  exquisite  clean- 
liness. If  the  operator  be  muscular  and  athletic 
HOassage  treatment  can  be  given  with  greater  ease 
and  success.  A  good  practical  knowledge  of  the 
human  body  is  necessary.  A  familiarity  with  the 
Iposition  of  the  arteries,  veins,  muscles  and  differ- 
ent organs  is  desirable.  It  is  essential  that  the 
Operator  should  know  the  reason  why  and  when 
some  parts  of  the  body  should  be  rubbed  cen- 
tripetally  and  others  centrifugally.  He  should  also 
be  a  keen  enough  observer  to  be  able  to  detect 
the  effect  of  massage  on  the  patient,  and  should 
possess  tact  suflBcient  to  make  the  patient  willing 
tip  be  manipulated  a  longer  or  shorter  time  than 
mentioned.  Trained  nurses,  as  a  class,  seem 
rticularly  fitted  for  such  work;  obviously  by 
l^ture  all  nurses  are  not  able  to  do  such  work  re- 
fl^iririg  special  qualifications  for  its  rightful  per- 
fermance. 

Suggestions  to  the  Operator. 

In  preparing  to  give  a  treatment,  the  operator 

puld  be  dressed  in  but  one  long,  full  garment  in 

ler  that  she  may  obtain  easy  movements  and  full 

iathing  capacity.     The  finger  nails  should  be 


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carefully  trimmed  as  close  as  possible.  A  daily 
bath  is  imperative,  and  such  an  appearance  of  im- 
maculateness  should  be  preserved  that  the  patient 
need  never  question  the  operator's  cleanliness  or 
shrink  from  being  touched.  The  temperature  of 
the  room  should  not  be  less  than  70  degrees  and 
not  over  75  degrees.  The  patient  should  be  un- 
dressed and  covered  by  a  double  blanket,  and  lying 
preferably  upon  a  bed.  If  it  be  possible  a  tub  or 
sponge  bath  should  first  be  given,  so  that  the  skin 
will  be  in  good  condition.  The  masseure  should 
apply  some  ointment  to  her  hands,  such  as  cocoa- 
nut  oil,  olive  oil  or  vaseline,  or  if  ointments  be 
objectionable,  then  some  powder,  such  as  talcum, 
may  be  used.  Only  the  portion  operated  on  should 
be  uncovered,  and  as  soon  as  finished  the  blanket 
must  be  replaced  over  it. 

Massage  should  not  be  given  earlier  than  two 
hours  after  eating.  A  full  treatment  lasts  an  hour, 
but  half  an  hour  is  long  enough  for  the  first  time, 
and  even  that  may  be  too  long.  It  is  sometimes 
better  to  give  from  twenty  minutes  to  half  an  hour 
twice  a  day  rather  than  one  long  treatment.  Never 
leave  the  patient  lame,  sore  or  cold.  It  is  best  not 
to  rest  on  the  bed.  Almost  all  of  the  manipulations 
may  be  given  while  standing.  The  operator  will 
find  that  the  slight  swaying  of  her  own  body  will 
not  only  make  the  treatment  more  agreeable  to  the 
patient,  but  less  fatiguing  to  herself.  The  operator 
should  use  a  strong,  firm  touch,  with  no  suggestion 
of  inl^cision  or  indication  of  a  desire  to  hurry, 
For  general  massage  begin  with  the  lower  ex- 
tremities and  leave  the  back  until  the  last.  Move 
the  patient  as  little  as  possible  and  humor,  as  far 
as  practicable,  her  desires.  Be  careful  of  tlie 
position  of  the  shoulder  blades  when  manipulating 
the   back.     Always  end  the  treatment  of  the  ex- 


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reniities  with  the  joint  movements,  rotation,  flexion 
^nd  extension. 

Some  people  do  not  like  "  tapotement,"  but  it  is 
renerally  because  it  is  not  given  carefully  or  cor- 
rectly. Begin  gently,  having  all  the  power  and 
lovement  come  from  the  wrist.  It  is  customary 
general  massage  to  operate  upon  each  extremity 
jight  or  ten  minutes,  and  on  the  back  ten  to  fifteen 
linutes.  The  head,  face  and  neck  are  the  most 
Important  parts  to  massage  carefully,  and  so,  if  in 
general  massage  one's  time  is  limited,  it  should  be 
jpent  where  most  care  is  desirable. 

It  seems  imperative  that  massage  should  not  be 
jiven  except  by  those  who  have  been  properly 
taught,  and  been  found  qualified  by  a  thorough 
and  exhaustive  examination,  and  who  are  found  to 
possess  marked  ability  for  such  specific  work.  If 
these  rules  were  always  followed  it  would  do  away 
with  many  of  the  harmful  effects  of  improperly- 
applied  massage,  and  thus  secure  to  the  suffering 
patient  complete  safety  from  incompetent  operators. 

Elizabeth  D.  Holt. 


Graduates'  Badge,   N.  Y.  Post-Graduate  Hospital. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 
MALE    NURSES. 

How  can  any  undervalue  business  habits?  —  as  if  anything  could  bt 
done  without  them. 

Florence  Nightingale. 

URING  the  past  few  years,  especially  among 
those  having  direct  charge  of  the  nursing 
of  hospital  patients,  the  necessity  for  reli- 
able, educated  and  refined  men  as  nurses  has  been 
considered  imperative.  Heretofore  reliance  has  had 
to  be  placed  on  a  class  of  men  over  whom  the 
hospital  has  had  no  hold  beyond  the  monthly 
engagement.  Though  in  many  cases  their  work 
has  been  satisfactory,  they  have  been  placed  at 
a  disadvantage,  gathering  what  knowledge  they 
could  according  to  their  powers  of  observation, 
hardly  feeling  entitled  to  seek  for  information  and 
instruction  beyond  the  duties  allotted  to  them, 
Seeing,  then,  that  some  good  material  was  not 
being  developed  to  the  greatest  advantage,  the  idea 
of  educating  men  with  and  under  the  nurses  of  the 
institution  appeared  feasible.  They  were  to  have 
a  stated  period  of  service,  be  restricted  to  certain 
hours  of  duty  and  study,  and  all  the  possible  ad- 
vantages to  be  gained  in  a  general  hospital  were  to 
be  held  out  to  them  as  inducements.  These  latter 
would  include  the  proper  routine  of  work,  attend- 
ance on  lectures  by  the  medical  staff,  supervision 
by  the  principal  of  the  school,  and  the  award  of  a 
diploma  and  badge  after  passing  required  examina- 
tions. This  seemed  the  right  way  to  secure  for 
male  patients  the  proper  attendance,  whether  in 
hospitals  or  in  their  homes,  where  the  need  of  such 


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jrtain  duties  being  badly  or  hurriedly  performed 
ly  well-meaning  but  unskillful  friends,  or  in 
(ependence  being  placed  on  th?  busiest  of  men, 
le  physician  in  attendance,  to  o  what  would  be 
jsigned  to  the  well-trained,  e(  ent  male  nurse, 
^ere  it  possible  to  find  him. 

The  qualifications  necessary  for  the  male  nurse 

[re  the  same  as  for  the  oth      sex,  combining  and 

Inhancing    their    usefulnes  >   by   the    power    and 

[trength,  which  in  women's  minds  is  usually  as- 

)ciated  with  man.     Having,  then,  these  character- 

5tics  in  addition,  and       .  innate  love  of  nursing, 

lere  can  be  little  doubt  the  male  nurse  will  be  a 

juccess,  such  as  the  profession  will  be  proud  of. 

I  would  like  to  advocate  the  forming  of  classes 

)r   male   nurses    in    all    hospitals    requiring   the 

irvices  of  men.     There  is  obviously  great  care 

[ecessary  in   the    choice   of   the    men,    and   they 

lould  be  selected  according  to  the  highest  possible 

tandard,  as  there  are  so  many  motives  inducing 

len  to  take  up  such  work.     After  selection  they 

lould  be  put  in   employment  as  students,  thus 

ipressing  them  with  the  importance  and  responsi- 

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We  see  men  devoting  their  lives  to  various  call- 

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make  success  of  their  work.     So  let  a  nurse 

tmember  that  he,  too,  must  be  willing  to  devote  al 

^e  time  required  of  him  during  his  training  to  the 

irsuit  of  the  knowledge  offered  in  an  institution, 

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memory's  portfolio  some  one  thing  marked  to  profit 
by,  some  thing  which  can  be  unfolded  later,  pro- 
ducing the  knowledge  requisite  in  acute  or  emer- 
gency cases,  when  time  is  limited  and  great  issues 
at  stake. 

During  the  male  nurse's  training,  many  things 
will  be  required  of  him  that  will  try  his  patience 
to  the  utmost.  The  hospital  routine  may  be  tedi- 
ous in  its  detail  and  frequently  irritating,  the  con- 
stant strain  on  the  nervous  system  and  the  danger 
of  losing  touch  with  the  sympathetic  side  of  human 
nature,  which  helps  so  much  to  lighten  the  daily 
duty,  the  peculianties  of  patients,  the  importance 
attached  to  the  details  exacted  from  both  classes  of 
nurses,  all  will  be  occasionally  very  trying  and  dis- 
couraging. Thus  that  which  should  almost  be  a 
pleasure,  is  at  times  changed  into  the  hard  fact  of 
mechanical  work,  with  its  deteriorating  effect 
which  destroys  so  much  of  the  beauty  of  sacrifice. 
But  we  find  it  so  in  all  work  requiring  conscien- 
tious and  sympathetic  service. 

A  prejudice,  no  doubt,  exists  in  the  minds  of 
many  persons  against  the  employment  of  male 
nurses,  the  prevailing  idea  being  that  they  are  not 
as  reliable  as  women.  And  why?  Have  those  of 
them  who  have  gone  forth  from  the  hospitals  and 
training  schools  proved  themselves  unreliable,  or 
has  the  whole  body  of  male  nurses  been  condemned 
because  of  the  individual  failure?  Let  us  hope  the 
latter,  and  fear  nothing  for  the  future,  but  expect 
instead  to  hear  of  duty  well  done  and  difficulties 
overcome. 

I  have  been  much  cheered  in  my  work  of  training 
male  nurses  by  the  frequent  demand  for  their  ser- 
vices, and  the  words  of  high  praise  accorded  them. 
The  training  of  male  nurses  with  the  regular  staff 


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of  women  nurses  has  not,  to  my  knowledge,  been 
long  enough  in  force  to  allow  me  to  make  compara- 
tive notes,  but  I  feel  satisfied  with  the  result  so  far, 
knowing  that  the  little  already  done  will  lead  to 
more  and  better  in  the  future.  A  marked  differ- 
ence is  perceptible  in  the  manner  and  tone  of  work 
accomplished  by  a  class  filled  with  desirable  stu- 
dents, patients  and  institution  profiting  thereby. 
No  person  in  a  hospital  is  too  small  a  factor  to  aid 
in  the  successful  accomplishment  of  duty,  and  vice 
versd  if  proper  assistance  is  not  given.  The  criti- 
cism that  the  hospitals  to-day  are  not  fulfilling 
their  highest  duty  to  mankind,  is  a  reflection  and 
a  reproach.  In  taking  this  criticism  kindly,  let  us 
profit  by  it,  and  by  constant  effort  detect  the  weak 
spot,  fortify  the  work  against  repeated  attacks,  and 
force  our  usefulness  on  the  world.  Much  has  been 
done,  but  do  not  let  us  show  an  unwillingness  to 
admit  that  there  is  room  for  many  more  and  im- 
portant improvements. 

Among  these  let  us  place  the  Malt  Nurses'  train- 
ing department  in  our  schools  for  nursing,  teach- 
ing the  pupils  the  necessity  of  proving  themselves 
worthy  of  the  confidence  of  physicians  and  the  com- 
munity at  large,  maintaining  a  high  moral  stand- 
ard, and  eventually  making  themselves  indispen- 
sable to  the  sick  and  unfortunate  and  being  con- 
stantly called  for  by  those  grandest  workers  for 
suffering  humanity,  the  physicians. 

Of  these  latter  we  are  willing  votaries,  bringing 
them  our  skilled  assistance  in  time  of  need,  neces- 
sary then,  indeed,  for  a  great  boon  to  any  physician 

is  a  good  nurse. 

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NOTES  AND  CHARTING, 

Cultivate  absolute  accuracy  in  observation,  and  truthfulness  in  report. 

Joseph  Bell,  M.  D.,  Edinburgh. 

O  numerous  aud  varied  are  the  responsibili- 
ties delegated  to  a  nurse  that  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  emphasize  any  particular  one. 
Yet  there  is  none  that  requires  more  accuracy  of 
thought  and  impartiality  of  judgment  than  the 
record  of  the  case  or  cases  of  which  a  nurse  has 
charg  . 

The  form  of  taking  orders,  keeping  bedside  notes 
and  registering  the  temperature  may  differ  accord- 
ing to  the  various  hospitals,  but  the  result  desired 
is  the  same  in  all  cases. 

To  carry  out  the  physician's  orders  satisfactorily 
it  is  necessary,  in  the  first  place,  to  have  a  full 
comprehension  of  what  that  order  is.  No  nurse 
should  rely  solely  on  her  memory  for  this,  and  the 
only  safeguard  against  future  possibilities  of  mis- 
take is  to  take  the  order  in  writing  and  repeat  it  to 
the  doctor. 

In  most  hospitals  this  is  obligatory,  and  when 
experience  has  proved  the  wisdom  of  such  a  course 
doubtless  every  nurse  will  continue  the  practice  of 
it  in  private  work.  After  the  order  has  been  carried 
out  and  transferred  to  the  notes  n  may  be  necessary 
to  remark  upon  the  results  as  well,  and  it  is  advis- 
able to  express  this  in  as  few  words  as  possible, 
care  being  taken  that  a  positive  and  accurate  state- 
ment is  made — one  that  can  be  comprehended  at 
once,  leaving  no  doubt  as  to  its  meaning. 


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It  may  be  that  this  record  will  be  read  when  the 
nurse  is  absent,  either  by  some  one  who  has  re- 
lieved her,  or  by  the  doctor  himself,  and  it  should 
show  without  loss  of  time  or  needless  questioning 
at  what  hour  and  with  what  result  the  order  had 
been  fulfilled. 

It  is  preferable,  however,  to  err  on  the  side  of 
writing  too  much  than  too  little;  a  nurse  might 
better  record  the  most  trivial  circumstance  concern- 
ing her  patient  than  to  fail  to  record  one  symptom 
which  might  prove  of  diagnostic  value. 

To  use  as  an  illustration  the  simple  fact  of  not- 
ing how  a  patient  has  slept:  It  is  not  sufficient  to 
say  that  he  ^' slept  well,"  or  *' fairly  well,"  or  again 
that  he  "slept  very  little;"  these  remarks  are  en- 
tireh^  too  general ;  the  duration  of  the  per  jds  of 
sleep  must  be  mentioned;  whether  rhe  patient'  was 
quiet  o/  restless  and  the  cause,  if  known,  which 
resulted  in  the  disturbances.  In  this  way  there  is 
a  statement  of  facts,  leaving  no  doubt  in  the  mind 
of  the  reader  as  to  the  true  condition  of  affairs. 
So  it  follows  that  everything  relating  to  the  patient 
— his  medication,  treatment,  diet  and  symptoms 
must  be  duly  recorded,  and  a  strict  adherence  to 
this  rule  will  prove  satisfactory  to  all  concerned  in 
the  case. 

Special  charts  may  be  obtained  for  registering 
the  temperature,  but  if  it  is  not  possible  to  secure 
these  the  bedside  notes  v/ill  answer  the  purpose. 
When  the  temperature  has  been  taken  it  should  be 
registered  at  once  and  with  the  time,  avoiding'  in 
this  way  all  possibility  of  mistake  in  a  matter  of 
such  vital  importance. 

The  notes  should  be  written  in  ink,  and  the  use 
of  red  ink  is  effective  in  emphasizing  a  measure- 
ment or  showing  the  result  of  a  bath  on  a  tempera- 
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Neatness  should  be  the  sine  qud  non  of  a  nurse, 
and  one  not  fortunate  enough  to  possess  it  should 
strain  every  effort  to  acquire  /hat  is  so  valuable 
The  lack  of  neatness  will  be  apparent  in  the 
keeping  of  notes  alone,  and  there  is  nothing  more 
trying  to  one  who,  in  an  anxiet}^  to  extract  the 
gist  of  a  record,  is  obliged  to  decipher  an  untidy 
and  almost  illegible  page. 

Notes  that  are  neat  as  well  as  accurate,  a  true 
record  of  what  a  nurse  knows,  not  of  what  she  sur- 
mises, will  be  a  proof  not  only  of  her  ability  as  a 
careful  observer,  but  will  testify  as  well  to  her 
capability  in  other  directions. 

In  private  work  it  may  not  be  necessary  in  all 
cases  to  keep  as  minute  a  record  as  is  required  in 
the  hospitals,  and  a  nurse  may  be  guided  in  this 
by  the  mode  of  treatment  planned  by  the  phy- 
sician, who  will  emphasize  what  he  especially 
desires  to  be  noted.  Some  physicians  may  not 
specify  the  need  of  the  bed-side  notes,  and  yet  ex- 
pect the  nurse  to  keep  a  history  of  the  case  for 
reference  as  necessity  arises,  and  she  should  always 
bear  in  mind  the  importance  of  being  able  to 
answer  and  verify  any  question  regarding  the  case. 
A  nurse's  responsibility  increases  when  she  gradu- 
ates and  has  charge  of  privace  cases,  and  it  is  then 
that  her  observation  must  be  ever  on  the  alert,  as 
her  own  judgment  will  often  have  to  be  exercised 
as  to  the  advisability  of  altering  the  orders  received 
from  the  physician.  If  her  previous  training  has 
fulfilled  its  purpose,  and  a  methodical  line  of 
thought  and  action  has  been  well  developed,  she  is 
fully  prepared  to  meet  any  emergency  and  to  give 
to  the  physician  a  satisfactory  explanation  for  the 
alteration  of  his  orders. 

A  verbal  statement  may  be  all  that  is  required, 
yet  notes  which  will  show  the  time  that  the  change 


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of  symptoms  occurred  carry  more  weight  with 
them  and  are  always  valuable  for  future  reference. 
It  cannot  be  too  strongly  emphasized  that  even  in 
private  work  a  systematic  plan  of  caring  for  any 
case,  be  it  ever  so  simple,  is  the  safest  one  to  adopt. 

Anna  L.  R.  Mines. 

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THE  TRAINED  NURSE  AS  SUPERINTENDENT. 

There  are  two  requisites  in  a  superintendent :  first,  character  and 
business  capacity ;  second,  training  and  knowledge.  Without 
the  second,  the  first  is  of  little  avail.  "Without  the  first,  the 
second  is  only  partially  useful,  for  we  cannot  bring  out  of  a 
person  what  is  not  in  her. 

Florence  Nightingale. 

OBS  the  young  woman  who  contemplates 
adopting  the  profession  of  a  trained  nurse 
ever  include  in  her  consideration  the  possi- 
bility that  some  day  she  may  be  called  upon  to  fill 
the  position  of  matron,  or  even  superintendent,  of 
an  institution,  large  or  small? 

This  is  the  age  of  progress  for  our  sex,  and  to- 
day there  are  many  such  places  filled  by  women 
who,  not  so  long  ago,  were  wondering  what  school 
they  should  select  to  fit  themselves  for  the  work 
of  a  trained  nurse. 

We  see  members  of  the  so-called  weaker  sex 
able  to  take  their  places  in  the  ranks  of  the  wage- 
earners,  often  bread-winners  —  shoulder  to  shoulder 
with  the  manly  forms  that  occasionally  are  quite 
willing  to  elbow  them  out  of  the  race. 

We  have  women  bank-presidents,  lawyers,  phj^- 
sicians,  women  who  manage  large  and  well-known 
enterprises ;  so  why  should  we  not  see  them  chief 
executive  officers  of  institutions  ? 

There  is,  therefore,  no  reason  why  a  nurse 
should  not  be  such;  but  on  the  contrary  many 
good  ones  why  she  should,  provided  she  possesses 
the  requisite  executive  force,  and  the  tact  so  neces- 
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Women,  as  a  rule,  are  more  tactful  than  men, 
and  perhaps  better  fitted  to  meet,  with  the  grace  so 
needed,  the  average  institutional  manager. 

These  are  to  be  taken  collectively  and  indi- 
vidually, and  the  woman  who  desires  to  succeed  in 
such  a  position  must  never  forget  that  the  hospital, 
asylum,  or  whatever  she  may  have  been  put  in 
charge  of,  belongs  not  to  her,  no  matter  how  much 
interest  she  may  take  in  its  advancement,  nor  how 
much  she  wants  to  do,  but  to  those  whose  names 
are  found  in  the  list  of  governors  and  trustees. 

It  is  their  will  she  must  endeavor  to  carry  out, 
and  in  doing  this  she  can  accomplish  more  for  her 
patients  than  may  at  first  seem  apparent. 

Improvements  are  always  commendable,  but  do 
not  rush  them.  Do  not,  when  accepting  a  recently 
vacated  post,  assure  your  Board  of  Managers  that 
everything  is  wrong  and  you  'one  can  set  it 
right. 

Remember  the  maxim  to  ''make  haste  slowly;" 
it  is  never  so  applicable  as  in  institutional  affairs. 

The  average  nurse  who  has  been  accepted,  or  is 
perhaps  in  the  senior  year  of  her  training,  forms 
some  definite  idea  of  the  branch  of  work  she  desires 
to  pursue  after  her  graduation. 

To  some,  the  larger  number,  the  life  of  a  private 
nurse  possesses  sufficient  interest,  and  the  path 
of  duty  lies  straight  before  them.  To  others,  the 
routine  of  a  hospital,  the  regular  hours  and  well- 
defined  duties  possess  a  charm  hitherto  unknown. 
With  this,  fortunately,  there  is  usually  an  adap- 
tation to  what  is  called  institutional  method; 
these  pupils  make  good  head-nurses,  are  recognized 
as  such  by  those  over  them,  and  gradually  other 
responsibility  is  given;  then,  when  the  super- 
intendent of  the  hospital  or  school  is  appealed  to, 
by  some  similar  institution,  for  a  nurse  to  fill  a 


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vacancy,  the  name  of  the  woman  who  showed 
executive  power  is  suggested. 

The  young  graduate  thus  finds  herself  in  charge 
of  a  branch  of  work,  untried,  but  to  which  all  her 
years  of  training  have  tended. 

It  has  seemed  to  me  that  an  educated,  trained 
nurse  is  best  fitted  to  fill  all  institutional  places, 
except,  perhaps,  that  of  superintendent,  and  each 
year  brings  a  larger  number  who  can  and  do  fill 
this  also. 

Women  are  daily  making  a  more  general  study 
of  business  methods.  They  lack  only  the  oppor- 
tunity to  exercise  a  talent  that  is  dormant.  Many 
of  the  sex  have  shown  a  lively  sense  of  power  in 
this  direction.  It  seems,  then,  that  ordinary  knowl- 
edge of  business  and  book-keeping  is  all  that  is 
needed;  the  native  adaptability  of  the  woman  will 
do  the  rest. 

Now,  as  to  her  real  suitability,  can  it  not  be  quite 
possible  that  a  nurse  may  be  more  in  touch  with 
the  inner  side  of  hospital  life,  after  the  long  months 
of  service  of  heart  and  hand  at  the  bedside  of  those 
for  whom  all  hospitals  are  built? 

Cannot  a  better  understanding  be  arrived  at 
when  the  fractious  patient,  or  patient's  friend,  in- 
clined to  be  still  more  fault-finding,  asks  for  some- 
thing that  the  ways  and  means  as  controlled  by 
the  superintendent  might  allow,  but  which  cast- 
iron  hospital  rules  could  never  permit,  and  of  which 
the  male  superintendent  never  hears?  Then  the 
surgeon  or  physician,  who  nine  times  out  of  ten, 
I  may  say  always,  remembers  nothing  until  his 
patient  is  provided  for,  —  will  not  the  knowledge, 
again  born  of  the  daily  contact  over  the  sick-bed, 
enable  the  woman  to  know  just  what  the  anxious 
medico  needs,  or  perhaps  lead  to  a  suggestion  of 
something  else  equally  good?     Where,  ten  years 


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ago,  a  female  superintendent  was  hardly  heard  of, 
there  are  to-day  many  women  who  conduct  hospital 
affairs  with  tact  and  good  judgment.  Nothing,  un- 
less it  be  economy,  appeals  so  quickly  to  a  hospital 
board  as  the  smooth  running  of  the  institutional 
wheels,  and  a  light,  firm  hand  can  accomplish 
much  of  this. 

The  position  of  housekeeper  or  matron,  in  any 
institution  where  the  care  of  the  sick  is  the  main 
object,  should  be  filled  by  a  trained  nurse.  This 
statement  I  make  unreservedly,  for  in  no  part  of 
hospital  work  can  the  kindly  hand  of  the  nurse  be 
better  felt,  and  in  the  ever-present  question  of  diet 
her  comprehensive  intuition  is  invaluable. 

To  you,  then,  gentle  questioner,  whose  mind  is 
turned  towards  some  training  school,  I  want  to  give 
this  advice:  When  you  have  found  the  one  you 
seek,  when  each  day's  vista  opens  something  new 
to  you,  then  carefully  note  the  work  of  the  differ- 
ent ofl&cers,  whose  departments  go  to  make  up  the 
whole  of  a  large  institution,  and  if  any  of  these,  be 
it  in  the  line  of  housekeeping,  clerical  work  or  head 
nurseship,  appeals  to  your  interest  more  than 
another,  then  try  by  every  means  in  your  power — 
and  the  opportunities  will  be  many — to  learn  all 
you  can. 

Remember,  however,  ye  superintendents  in  em- 
bryo, that  the  first  lesson  in  the  government  of 
others  is  to  govern  yourself.  Learn  to  yield  grace- 
fully to  those  in  authority,  and  each  one  of  these 
hard-earned  victories  will  bear  fruit  in  the  days  to 
come  when  the  commands  are  yours  to  give ;  yours 
the  feelings  of  those  under  you  to  spare. 

The  life  of  a  superintendent  is  by  no  means  an 
easy  one.  She  must  faithfully  carry  out  the  orders 
of  her  managers,  and  decide  all  questions  that 
arise  between  the  meetings  of  her  committees,  in 


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accordance  with  their  supposed  wish.  Scarcely  a 
day  will  pass  without  some  point  coming  up  for 
decision  just  a  little  different  from  any  that  has 
gone  before. 

This  is  exceedingly  hard  in  the  beginning,  when 
trustees  and  chief  executive  officer  are  still  unac- 
quainted, and  it  is  the  crucial  test,  perhaps,  when 
the  judgment,  wisdom  and  tact  will  be  most  severely 
tried.  The  emergency  must  be  met  always,  and 
with  prompt  decision,  but  in  many  important  mat- 
ters a  night's  rest  may  intervene,  always  desirable, 
if  possible,  and  it  is  astonishing  to  see  the  mists  of 
doubt  and  uncertainty  roll  away  after  the  tired 
brain  has  had  the  needed  quiet. 

To  the  young  superintendent  I  would  say :  Don't 
decide  important  things  without  time  to  think  them 
over,  and  never  without  the  advice  of  at  least  one 
of  your  managers,  if  possible  to  obtain.  Do  not 
consider  it  derogatory  to  your  dignity  or  position 
to  ask  advice;  some  suggestions  may  help  you,  if 
not  in  one  case  then  in  another. 

Impulse  is,  perhaps,  the  rock  upon  which  female 
hospital  officers  are  most  likely  to  be  wrecked.  Try 
to  make  up  your  mind  before  you  open  your  lips, 
and  I  might  add,  never  do  the  latter  unless  you 
have  something  to  say  where  orders  are  concerned. 
It  is  seldom  that  a  nurse  is  called  upon  to  take  the 
helm  in  an  institution  to  which  she  is  a  stranger. 
On  the  contrary,  the  first  position  is  generally 
that  of  superintendent  of  nurses,  or  matron. 

Some  day  she  may  find  herself  asked  to  assume 
the  duties  of  superintendent  when  a  vacancy  occurs, 
and  it  is  in  this  way,  if  the  ability  is  shown,  that 
the  path  is  opened. 

Many  of  the  managers  of  hospitals  are  women 
with  good  business  ideas,  and  the  sympathy  between 
a  female  superintendent  and  these  is  quickly  felt. 


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After  all,  I  can  only  say  to  the  young  woman 

just    entering    upon    the    all-important    question, 

*'  How  to  Become  a  Trained  Nurse,"  that  though  the 

way  may  be  long,  the  tasks  hard,  the  goal  afar 

off  and  difficult  to  reach,  be  of  good  cheer,  for  the 

path  you  have  chosen  leads  to  heart  as  well  as 

head-work,  and  remember  "there  is  always  room  at 

the  top." 

Atma  M.  Lawson. 


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CHAPTER   XV. 


UNIFORMS,  MEDALS  AND  DIPLOMAS. 

Honour  makes  a  great  part  of  the  reward  of  all  honourable  professions. 

Adam  Smith. 

ISCIPLINE  is  the  difference  between  an 
army  and  a  mob,"  said  the  Duke  of  Wel- 
lington. A  handsome,  becoming  and  com- 
fortable uniform  contributes  greatly  to  discipline, 
and  so  to  the  value  of  an  army.  This  is  true,  also, 
of  uniforms  for  those  who  do  not  bear  arms,  but 
whose  profession  renders  them  even  more  familiar 
than  are  soldiers  with  sickness,  suffering  and  death. 
Miss  Nightingale  says  that  nursing  is  a  warfare; 
then,  assuredly,  nurses  should  wear  uniforms.  In 
this  profession,  more  than  in  any  other,  a  uniform 
is  desirable,  even  necessary.  It  is  at  once  an  hon- 
orable distinction  and  a  protection,  a  comfort  if 
well  designed,  and  a  source  of  legitimate  pleasure 
if  becoming,  as  all  uniforms  ought  to  be.  Miss 
Marion  Smith,  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital,  says 
on  this  point:  "A  nurse  must  not  lose  her  taste 
for  artistic  and  becoming  dress  because  of  her 
profession.  Indeed,  few  women  feel  the  need  of 
recreation,  in  the  shape  of  the  beautiful  in  any 
form,  more  than  they  who  spend  so  much  time 
surrounded  by  the  grim  realities  of  disease  and 
death." 

Her  uniform,  to  a  true  nurse,  is  much  more  than 
a  simple,  suitable  dress ;  it  is  the  mark  of  a  noble 
profession,  and  the  wearer  of  it  is,  or  ought  to  be 
(to  slightly  change  the  wording  of  the  Army  Regu- 
lations), *'an  officer  and  a  gentle  (woman)."  It 
should  be,  as   the  French  novelist  De  Goncourt 


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said,  **  a  dress  that  bears  a  blessing,  something  that 
inspires  a  we  like  the  robes  of  a  priest,  yet  attracts 
like  the  dress  of  a  woman." 

There  should  be  no  frills  or  laces  about  a 
nurse's  dress.  It  should  be  simple,  quiet  in  color, 
well  made,  and  spotlessly  clean.  There  is  not  as 
much  variety  among  American  hospital  uniforms 
as  exists  in  England ;  there  a  great  variety  of 
color  and  many  styles  are  seen,  and  some  remark- 
able combinations.  One  insane  asylum  —  of  all 
places  —  dresses  its  women  nurses  in  a  semi-mili- 
tary uniform  of  blue  and  scarlet,  with  a  cap  like 
that  worn  by  the  "Tommy  Atkins"  of  the  line 
regiments !  Many  hospitals  have  their  nurses  wear 
caps  with  long  streamer  strings,  and  others  have 
frilled  strings  tied  under  the  chin,  which  are  con- 
fessedly hot  and  limp  in  Summer. 

Here  in  America  the  uniforms  are  usually  of 
blue  and  white,  solid  blue,  or  blue  and  white 
stripes,  for  the  dress,  and  white  for  the  long  aprons, 
cuffs  and  collars,  and  the  little  muslin  caps.  A 
few  wear  blue  and  white,  or  gray  and  white 
checked  gingham  dresses;  fewer  still,  pink  and 
white.  Head  nurses  are  usually  distinguished  by  a 
narrow  band  of  black  on  the  cap,  sometimes  by  all- 
white  uniforms. 

In  but  few  cases  do  our  hospitals  expect  their 
nurses  to  wear  uniforms  in  the  streets.  In  other 
countries  an  out-door  uniform — usually  a  bonnet 
and  long  cloak  of  special  color  and  pattern  —  is 
almost  invariably  worn  in  the  streets.  In  some 
cities — London  especially — this  makes  a  notice- 
able feature  in  the  crowded  thoroughfares. 

For  district  nurses,  even  in  this  country,  a  uni- 
form is  always  useful,  sometimes  necessary.  It  is 
to  them  what  the  sombre  garb  of  the  Sisters  of 
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—  a  protection  against  insult  or  injury,  securing 
invariable  respect  and  attention.  But  a  uniform 
should  never  be  woni  except  when  on  duty.  Many 
people  dislike  being  reminded  of  sickness,  and 
many  others,  unreasonably  no  doubt,  fear  contagion 
whenever  they  see  a  nurse's  uniform  outside  the 
sickroom. 

Nurses'  medals,  excepting  those  received  on 
graduating,  are  more  rare  than  they  should  be. 
Deeds  of  self-denial  and  heroism  are  fully  as  worthy 
of  recognition,  when  performed  bj^  a  woman  who  is 
a  nurse,  as  by  a  soldier  on  the  battlefield.  It 
demands  a  great  deal  of  courage  to  face,  alone, 
and  often  without  proper  accommodations  or  food, 
a  case  of  malignant  diphtheria,  small-pox,  cholera, 
typhus  fever,  or  the  other  infectious  diseases. 

In  England,  nurses  are  eligible  to  receive  medals 
of  various  kinds  in  recognition  of  distinguished 
service,  and  many  of  them  have  been  thus  deco- 
rated. I  know  of  but  one  Training  School  here  — 
the  Memorial,  of  Orange,  N.  J.  —  which  has  thus 
honored  any  nurses ;  but  I  trust  it  will  not  always 
be  so. 

The  diploma,  which  comes  last,  as  the  ending  of 
the  pupil  nurse's  career  and  the  beginning  of  her 
independent  work,  will  be  to  her  what  the  officer's 
commission  in  the  Army  or  Navy  is  to  him  —  the 
proof  of  a  finished  course,  the  warrant  for  future 
usefulness  and  command,  and  the  certificate  of 
worthy  membership  in  a  noble  profession. 

fane  Hodson. 


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CHAPTER  XVI. 

SOME  EMINENT  NURSES— L 

Florknce  Nightingai^r. 

The  reason  firm,  the  temperate  will, 
Endurance,  foresight,  strength  and  skill ; 
A  perfect  Woman,  nobly  planned. 
To  warn,  to  comfort  and  command. 

H'ordswort/i. 

S  Caesar  or  Napoleon  among  soldiers,  Wash- 
ington or  Hampden  among  patriots,  Sir 
Astley  Cooper  or  Marion  Sims  among  sur- 
geons, so  Florence  Nightingale  among  nurses.  It 
is  doubtful  if  there  be  any  country  where  her  work 
is  unknown,  and  Longfellow  has  immortalized  her 
Crimean  experience,  in  his  ''Santa  Filomena." 

The  wounded  from  the  battle-plain, 
In  dreary  hospitals  of  pain, 

The  cheerless  corridors. 

The  cold  and  stony  floors. 

I/O  !  in  that  house  of  misery 
A  lady  with  a  lamp  I  see 

Pass  through  the  glimmering  gloom, 

And  flit  from  room  to  room. 

And  slow,  as  in  a  dream  of  bliss, 
The  speechless  sufferer  turns  to  kiss 

Her  shadow,  as  it  falls 

Upon  the  darkening  walls. 

As  if  a  door  in  heaven  should  be 
Opened  and  then  closed  suddenly, 

The  vision  came  and  went. 

The  light  shone  and  was  spent. 

On  England's  annals,  through  the  long 
Hereafter  of  her  speech  and  song. 

That  light  its  rays  shall  cast 

From  portals  of  the  past. 

A  I/ady  with  a  Lamp  shall  stand 
In  the  great  history  of  the  land, 

A  noble  life  of  good, 

Heroic  womanhood. 

Her  wonderful  work  during  the  Crimean  War 
was  not  her  first  or  last  effort  for  the  improvement 
of  hospital  nursing.     Bom  in  1820,  then,  and  for 


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twenty  or  thirty  years,  the  Gamp  and  Prig  type  of 
nurse  was  common,  and  it  was  Miss  Nightingale's 
voice,  presence  and  example,  that  first  opened  the 
world's  eyes  to  what  conld  be  done  to  make  helpless 
sufferers  comfortable  on  the  field,  in  the  hospital 
or  the  home. 

One  great  advantage  she  enjoyed,  fortunately 
for  the  world  —  she  was  of  the  world's  favored 
children  in  social  position  and  influence. 

Beginning,  almost  as  a  child,  to  visit  the  poor 
in  the  beautiful  district  of  rural  England  where  her 
youth  was  spent,  she  has  continued  in  her  peculiar 
vocation  to  the  present  day,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
seven.  Of  every  improvement  in  nursing,  public  or 
private,  in  Europe,  and  of  much  elsewhere,  she 
might  justly  say,  in  classic  phrase  ''All  of  which  I 
saw,  and  a  great  part  of  which  I  was."  Beginning 
her  systematic  investigation  of  nursing  methods  in 
England,  she  continued  it  in  France  and  Germany, 
so  that  when  the  Crimean  War  began,  in  1854,  she 
was  thoroughly  familiar  with  hospital  work,  and 
able  to  bring  order  out  of  chaos  in  the  huge  hos- 
pital at  Scutari,  near  Constantinople. 

Dr.  Cyrus  Hamlin  has  given  a  graphic  descrip- 
tion of  its  condition  in  "My  Life  and  Times."  He 
says:  "The  hospital  was  the  enormous  barracks, 
five  hundred  feet  square,  built  by  the  great  Prus- 
sian soldier  Von  Moltke,  when  a  young  officer  in 
the  Turkish  service.  I  do  not  believe  any  Turkish 
hospital  since  the  Turks  took  Constantinople,  ever 
equalled  this  one  (which  was  for  British  soldiers), 
in  disorder,  filth  and  suffering." 

On  this  scene  Miss  Nightingale  appeared  one 
morning,  w^ith  nearly  forty  English  nurses,  just  in 
time  to  care  for  the  wounded  from  the  battle  of 
Inkerman.  An  English  functionary,  his  official 
propriety   shocked   beyond   measure,  said   to   Dr. 


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Hamlin :  **  Fancy,  some  7vof>n'fi  have  come  to  the 
hospital !  A  Miss  Nightingale,  with  a  force  of 
assistants.  Was  anything  ever  more  improper 
than  women  in  such  a  place?"  Dr.  Hamlin  con- 
tinues: "Very  soon  —  not  a  week  after — she  had 
transformed  that  hospital.  The  death-rate  was 
changed  immediately,  from  the  moral  effect,  no 
doubt,  of  sym])athy  and  woman's  gentle  care.  I 
think  of  her,  in  that  scene  of  disease  and  death,* 
with  the  deepest  interest  and  admiration."  Her 
labors  were  truly  Herculean.  Every  night  she 
made  the  round  of  the  wards  —  a  walk  of  between 
four  and  five  n.'les  —  a  veritable  ministering  angel, 
worshiped  by  -/e  soldiers,  who,  as  one  of  them 
said,  "could  kiss  her  shadow  as  it  fell  upon  the 
wall."  Kinglake,  the  historian  of  the  Crimean 
War,  said  at  the  time:  "With  all  the  rare  attri- 
butes that  made  her  gracious  presence  a  blessing 
at  the  bedside,  this  gifted  woman,  when  learning 
how  best  to  compass  the  object  of  a  largely  ex- 
tended benevolence,  had  become  well-versed,  well- 
practiced,  in  the  business  of  hospital  management; 
and  none  knew  better  than  she  did  that  if  kind, 
devoted  attention  will  suffice  to  comfort  one  suf- 
ferer, or  even  perhaps  four  or  five,  it  is  powerless 
to  benefit  those  who  number  by  thousands,  unless 
reinforced  by  method,  by  organization,  by  disci- 
pline. She  possesses  soundness  of  judgment  on 
questions  needing  rapid  decision,  and  an  apt  and 
ready  knowledge,  with  which  she  always  seems 
armed.  One  who  would  not,  I  know,  be  prone  to 
misuse  our  most  choice  words  of  praise,  has  ascribed 
to  the  Lady-in-Chief  nothing  less  than,  *"  Command- 
ing Genius.' " 

Miss  Nightingale  has  written  many  newspaper 
and   magazine   articles   on   nursing   and   kindred 

*Six  thousand  wounded  men  were  in  the  wards  at  one  time. 


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topics,  but  her  best-known  works  are:  "Notes  on 
Hospitals,"  published  in  1852,  and  "Notes  on 
Nursing,"  in  i860.  Each  has  had  an  immense 
sale.  In  the  latter  she  has  this  telling  paragraph : 
"  Every  woman  —  or  at  least  almost  every  woman  in 
England — has  at  one  time  or  another  of  her  life 
charge  of  the  personal  health  of  somebody,  whether 
child  or  invalid.  In  other  words,  every  woman  is 
a  nurse — how  valuable,  then,  would  be  the  product 
of  their  united  experience,  if  every  woman  would 
think  how  to  nurse." 

It  is  sad  to  have  to  record  that  her  Scutari 
experience  resulted  in  permanent  ill-health.  For 
nearly  forty  years  she  has  been  an  invalid,  but 
notwithstanding,  she  has  been  constantly  engaged 
in  helping  forward  the  work  of  nursing  in  all 
lands.  Her  remarkable  aversion  to  anything  like 
display  prompts  her  to  to  refuse  us  permission  to 
reproduce  the  only  contemporary  photograph  of 
her  in  the  United  States.  Even  in  England  the 
only  one  with  which  any  but  her  most  intimate 
friends  are  familiar  is  that  we  print,  and  which 
was  taken  before  i860. 

To  her,  more  than  to  any  other  one  person,  is 
due  the  evolution  of  that  type  of  womanhood  which, 
overcoming  our  sex's  natural  repugnance  to  the 
sight  and  consequences  of  suffering  and  disease, 
has  resulted  in  the  modern  trained  mirse.  Lack  of 
space  forbids  my  elaborating  the  subject,  but  I 
advise  every  young  woman  who  thinks  she  would 
like  to  become  a  nurse,  to  procure  a  copy  of 
Florence  Nightingale's  biography,  as  well  as  of 
her  "  Notes  on  Nursing,"  and  read  them  through. 

Ja7ie  Hodson. 


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SOME  EMINENT  NURSES— U. 

AucE  Fisher. 

We  live  in  deeds,  not  years;   *  *  * 

(She)  most  lives 

Who  thinks  most,  feels  the  noblest,  acts  the  best. 

Philip  James  Bailey^ — Festus. 

ISS  ALICE  FISHER  was  born  at  Green- 
wich Palace,  near  London,  England,  in  1839, 
her  father,  the  Rev.  George  Fisher,  being 
at  that  time  in  charge  of  the  Royal  Naval  School 
there.  He  was  a  writer  on  scientific  and  naval 
subjects,  and  one  of  the  leading  men  of  his  time  in 
school  management.  After  the  death  of  her  mother, 
about  1850,  Miss  Fisher  had  charge  of  her  father's 
house  and  a  >ted  him  in  entertaining  the  many 
scholarly  ana  scientific  men  who  frequented  it. 

She  devoted  the  two  years  following  her  father's 
death,  in  1873,  to  literary  work.  Her  novels  sold 
fairly  well  but  were  not  up  to  the  literary  standard 
she  had  set  for  herself.  In  1875  she  read  the  ''Life 
of  Agnes  Jones,"  and  the  history  of  that  heroic 
martyr  awakened  in  her  heart  the  desire  to  do  her 
part,  also,  in  helping  the,  sick  and  sorrowful.  She 
at  once  entered  the  St.  Thomas'  Training  School, 
where  the  new  movement  for  providing  the  sick 
with  educated  and  trained  nurses  had  recently 
been  started  by  Miss  Nightingale.  At  the  end  of 
one  year  in  this  hospital,  a  period  of  steady  ad- 
vancement from  probationer  to  ward  sister,  she 
went  to  Edinburgh  as  assistant  superintendent  to 
the  Royal  Infirmary,  then  the  scene  of  Sir  Joseph 
Lister's  wonderful  experiments  in  antiseptics, 
which  revolutionized  surgery. 

During  the  six  months  she  spent  in  Edinburgh, 
she  wrote,  in  conjunction  with  Miss  Pringle,  a  hand- 


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book  for  nurses.  This  was  much  needed,  being,  I 
think,  the  first  of  its  kind  and  a  most  excellent  one. 

In  June,  1876,  a  superintendent  was  needed  for 
the  Fever  Hospital,  Newcastle  on  Tyne,  and  Alice 
Fisher  volunteered  for  this  trying  position.  She 
had  had  experience  in  this  class  of  nursing,  hav- 
ing worked  for  some  time  in  the  fever  wards  at 
St.  Thomas',  where  she  was  the  first  lady  pupil  to 
enter  that  department.  She  went  at  her  own  re- 
quest and  found  only  nurses  of  the  Gamp  type,  and 
the  wards  very  dirty  and  unkempt.  The  matron 
never  entered  them,  and  none  had  them  particularly 
in  charge.  Her  going  encouraged  others,  and  the 
Fever  Wards  soon  ceased  to  be  a  blot  on  the 
otherwise  well  managed  hospital  of  St.  Thomas'. 

The  Fever  Hospital  of  Newcastle  on  Tyne  was 
in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  term  a  *'Pest  House." 
Every  kind  of  infectious  disease  was  admitted,  it 
being  especially  famous  for  cases  of  malignant 
typhus.  There  was  no  man  about  the  place,  and 
great  difficulty  was  experienced  in  managing  de- 
lirious patients,  in  removing  the  dead  from  the 
wards  and  in  sending  for  the  doctor,  who  lived  a 
mile  and  a  half  away.  The  head  nurse  was  at  first 
very  antagonistic  to  Miss  Fisher,  but  soon  became 
an  enthusiastic  follower  in  her  footsteps.  She 
eventually  died  of  malignant  typhus,  being  nursed 
entirely  by  Miss  Fisher  during  her  terrible  illness. 

It  was  this  gift  of  securing  the  absolute  devotion 
of  those  brought  into  contact  with  her  that  made 
Alice  Fisher  the  powerful  administrator  she  proved 
to  be. 

Around  her  were  always  grouped  men  and  women 
to  whom  her  wishes  were  law,  to  be  carried  out  as 
faithfully  and  absolutely  as  possible.  This  remark- 
able influence  is  still  apparent  in  her  co-workers, 
pupils,    and   friends.     What   Miss    Fisher   would 


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have  done  or  liked,  is  constantly  the  standard  by 
which  acts  are  measured. 

In  no  institution  where  she  had  been  was  it  a 
case,  when  she  left,  of  "another  king,  other  man- 
ners," but  a  determined  continuance  in  her  plans 
and  methods. 

At  Newcastle  on  Tyne  she  began  the  plan  of  din- 
ing every  day  with  her  nurses.  She  writes :  "  This 
was  not  a  popular  step  at  first,  as  every  one  was 
either  above  or  below,"  but  finally  it  was  a  function 
no  one  would  willingly  have  given  up  in  an}'  of  her 
English  hospitals.  / 

•''^fter  a  year  she  went  tcxj/Vddenbrooke^s  Hospital, 
/Cambridge,  where  she  started  anH  for  live  3^rs 
«    carried  on  a  training  school  at  that  time  second  to 
none  in  England. 

She  was  next  called  to  assist  in  reorganizing  the 
Radcliffe  Infirmary,  Oxford.  This  was  soon  done 
with  the  aid  of  the  four  nursing  sisters  she  took 
with  her. 

In  1882  she  accepted  the  position  of  Superin- 
tendent of  the  General  Hospital  in  Birmingham. 

Here  her  surroundings  did  not  suit  her,  either 
mentally  or  physically.  She  missed  the  society 
she  had  been  used  to  at  the  two  universities,  where 
her  rooms  were  the  meeting  place  of  the  cleverest 
men  and  women  of  the  day,  who  delighted  in  her 
charming  conversation  and  keen  wit,  and  in  her 
power  of  listening  intelligently ;  an  art  nowadays 
most  rare.  In  Birmingham  her  rooms  were  dark 
and  dreary,  and  her  health  became  seriously  im- 
paired. 

In  1884  she  was  asked  to  go  to  America  and  re- 
organize the  nursing  in  the  City  Hospital  in  Phila- 
delphia, at  that  time  in  a  terrible  condition.  For 
some  time  she  hesitated,  but  the  promise  that  her 
co-worker  at  Cambridge  and  Oxford  (Miss  Hornor), 


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should  accompany  her,  finally  induced  her  to  under- 
take the  difficult  task. 

This  hospital  was  part  of  the  political  "  machine  " 
and  difficulties  that  were  new  to  Miss  Fisher  at- 
tended its  reformation.  Her  fearlessness,  ability, 
and  absolute  honesty  of  purpose  enlisted  in  her  be- 
half the  sympathies  of  the  best  elements  in  society 
and  politics,  and  they  supported  her  in  every  way 
in  their  power. 

Threatening  letters  at  first  were  received,  and 
when  no  attention  was  paid  to  them,  a  box  fixed  to 
explode  was  sent  through  the  mail.  This  was 
stopped  in  the  post-office  and  was  the  last  effort 
made  towards  frightening  off  the  two  Bnglisli- 
women,  who  went  on  calmly  preparing  for  the  ad- 
vent of  their  first  pupils. 

The  training  school  soon  changed  the  moral  tone 
of  the  place,  and  the  Philadelphia  Hospital  now 
stands  amongst  the  foremost  of  the  well-managed 
institutions  of  America. 

A  year  after  her  arrival,  the  typhoid  epidemic  at 
Plymouth,  Penn.,  broke  out.  She  applied  for  a 
holiday,  and  went  there  to  spend  it  in  organizing 
the  hospital  service  and  in  nursing  the  sick  day 
and  night. 

Her  appearance  was  very  striking.  Tall  ana 
thin,  dressed  in  a  uniform  of  dark-blue  serge,  white 
apron,  cap  and  sleeves,  she  was  a  model  of  what  a 
nurse  should  look  like  when  on  duty^- 

After  three  and  a  half  years  of  incessant  work, 
her  health  became  very  poor.  A  rest  was  sug- 
gested; but  she  felt  the  end  was  near,  and  it  was 
her  earnest  desire  to  die  in  harness.  So  she  died 
June  3d,  1888,  with  those  she  loved  best  around  her. 

A  year  later,  at  the  unveiling  of  her  portrait  in 
the  Philadelphia  Hospital,  the  late  Mr.  McMurtrie 
said: 


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96  HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 

'^Doubtless  there  have  been  persons  as  ac- 
complished in  her  art,  though  none  more  so;  but 
it  was  her  character  that  carried  her  through. 
Firmness  without  obstinacy;  gentleness,  as  great  as 
the  most  tender  of  her  sex ;  high  breeding,  a  rare 
thing  in  this  country;  good  breeding,  a  very  differ- 
ent thing;  intellectual  capacity  and  education  fit- 
ting her  as  a  companion  for  the  highest,  she 
preferred  to  live  in  this  hospital  rather  than  in  the 
society  of  the  advanced  thinkers  of  England,  and 
to  die  here  rather  than  with  her  own  family. 

"That  the  common  judgment  ratified  the  choice 
for  the  foundress  of  this  most  beneficent  institu- 
tion, the  Training  School  for  Nurses  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Hospital,  was  proved  by  the  long  line  of 
sorrowing  friends  of  all  classes  that  followed  her 
to  the  grave;  a  stranger  without  one  connection 
of  blood  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic." 

Deeply  religious,  she  often  said  "she  could  not 
understand  any  one  who  was  not  so  being  a  really 
successful  nurse." 

She  has  passed  from  amongst  the  workers  of 
this  world,  and  through  faith  and  patience  inherits 
the  promise  she  so  firmly  believed  in:  "Be  thou 
faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of 
life." 

Edith  A,  Haivley. 


SOME  EMINENT  NURSES 

Sister  Dora. 


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The  career  of  such  women  as  Miss  Pattison  shows  clearly  enough 
that  of  all  occupations  nursing  calls  the  most  imperatively  upon 
the  greatest  human  qualities. 

Athenceum,  London,  1889. 

HRHAPS  few  American  nurses  know  much 
of  the  life  and  hospital  career  of  Sister  Dora, 
the  English  nurse,  whose  real  name  was 
almost  completely  lost  in  that  she  assumed.  It 
may  be  interesting  to  them,  and  particularly  to 
would-be  nurses,  to  follow  her  through  some  of  the 
circumstances  which,  like  links  in  a  chain,  took 
her  from  a  life  of  ease,  a  happy,  even  luxurious 
home,  to  spend  many  years  in  the  relentless  dis- 
cipline of  hospital  work.  Dorothy  Wyndlow  Pat- 
tison is  described  as  a  rather  tall,  well-built,  well- 
featured  woman,  with  an  English  woman's  love  of 
outdoor  sports.  She  must  have  been  something 
of  a  beauty,  having  brilliant  brown  eyes,  good 
features,  a  mouth  and  jaw  expressive  of  great  de- 
termination of  character,  and  soft,  curling,  brown 
hair.  Her  temperament  was  cheerful  and  inde- 
pendent, her  heart  kind  and  her  share  of  personal 
magnetism  unusual,  enabling  her  to  exercise 
marked  control  over  almost  all  who  surrounded 
her.  This  trait  stands  out  in  bold  relief  through- 
out the  whole  of  her  biography  by  her  friend,  Miss 
Lonsdale.  It  enabled  her  to  manage  the  hospital, 
to  control  unruly  patients,  and  to  secure  from 
managers  and  surgeons  in  charge  many  improve- 
ments and  advantages  for  the  benefit  of  the  pa- 
tients. It  is  with  the  town  of  Walsall  that  her 
fame  is  principally  identified,  and  it  is  fitting  that 
her  statue  should  have  been   erected  there  —  the 


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only  statue  ever  erected  on  English  soil  to  a 
wonian  not  of  royal  birth. 

Between  1867  ^.nd  1878  her  life  was  almost 
wholly  devoted  to  the  management  of  the  Walsall 
Hospital,  a  small  affair  of  onl}^  twenty-eight  beds 
at  its  largest,  but  one  where  her  ambitious  nature 
had  full  scope  to  display  its  remarkable  capacity. 
To  any  othe^'  woman  of  similar  temperament,  it  is 
easy  to  see  why  a  life  of  useless  pleasure  at  home 
became  monotonous  to  her,  and  the  natural  bent 
and  development  of  her  mind  was  given  free  rein 
until,  from  a  brilliant  social  success,  she  was  trans- 
formed into  a  nurse  of  an  ideal  type. 

To  the  uninitiated  such  transformation  may 
seem  as  simple  as  attractive — as  though  she  had 
but  to  leave  her  silks  and  furs  in  one  room,  step 
over  the  hospital  corridor  to  another,  don  the  im- 
maculate uniform  of  a  nurse,  and  be  thus  at  once 
changed  into  a  nurse  as  capable  as  typical.  But 
such  illusions  vanish  into  thin  air,  when  the  real- 
istic force  of  the  necessary  development  of  circum- 
stances is  understood.  While  at  home  she  felt  it 
.one  of  her  privileges  to  care  for  her  invalid  mother, 
and  it  was  no  doubt  during  that  period  that  she 
ciame  to  realize  her  own  great,  though  undirected, 
capacity  for  nursing.  A  few  years  after  her  mother 
died,  the  usual  pleasures  of  a  comfortable  home 
palled  upon  her,  and  she  answered  an  advertise- 
ment for  a  village  school  mistress  at  Woolston. 
While  this  occupation  was  not  what  she  desired, 
or  intended  to  pursue,  it  offered  an  avenue  of 
entrance  to  the  world's  work,  and,  against  her 
father's  wishes  she  accepted  the  offer  and  spent 
three  years  in  teaching.  Busy  as  were  her  days 
there,  she  spent  most  of  her  time  after  school 
hours  in  visiting  children,  especially  th^  sick, 
giving   the   latter   as   much   nursing   as   possible 


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uiidcT  the  circumstances.  Thus  she  kept  alive 
her  ideal  of  becoming  a  professional  nurse,  and 
her  life  at  this  point  was  turned  into  the  long- 
cherished  channel  of  usefulness  by  an  attack  of 
pleurisy,  for  which  she  went  to  Cartham  under  the 
care  of  a  sisterhood  of  nurses.  The  surroundings 
of  fellow  sufferers,  busy  nurses,  and  hopeful  con- 
valescents exerted  their  natural  influence,  and  on 
recovery,  she  resigned  teaching  to  enter  the  sister- 
hood under  the  name  which  she  made  famous, 
"Sister  Dora."  Even  for  the  strong-minded  young 
enthusiast  the  severe  discipline  of  the  training  she 
underwent  was  sometimes  too  much,  and  woman's 
tears  would  come  when  beds  she  had  just  made 
were  pulled  to  pieces,  and  she  was  ordered  to  make 
i.  jm  aiiew.  After  her  training  was  done,  she  was 
sent  to  care  for  important  private  cases  at  a  small 
hospital  —  Walsall  —  of  four  beds.  This  was  soon 
found  inadequate  and  enlarged,  and  here,  at  last, 
she  found  scope  for  her  natural  talent  for  nursing, 
by  having  entire  charge  given  her,  besides  being 
allowed  to  do  much  dispensary  work.  We,  who 
with  rolled-up  sleeves,  have  experienced  the  pleas- 
ures of  such  things,  can  readily  understand  her 
partiality  to  the  surgical  pleasure  of  suturing  scalp 
wounds  or  amputated  fingers,  and  in  a  few  days 
thereafter  seeing  the  good  result  of  carefully 
applied  dressing,  or  skillfully  applied  knife.  In 
the  wards  she  was  a  delight  to  the  patients.  There 
was  always  a  cheerful  word  or  sympathetic  touch. 
Later,  when  the  hospital  was  enlarged,  she  spent 
as  much  time  as  possible  in  reading  and  talking  to 
them  and  cheering  the  depressed.  In  more  modem 
days  of  hospital  life,  when  cases  are  hurried  in, 
operations  soon  over,  and  recovery  usually  speedy, 
with  the  improved  methods  of  management,  the 
present-day  nurse   seldom  finds  time  for  any  of 


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these  ideal  things  which  Sister  Dora  took  time  to 
do.  It  is  perhaps  part  of  the  pleasure  of  nursing  to 
entertain  one's  patients  when  they  are  comfortable, 
as  well  as  to  care  for  them  when  suffering ;  but  in 
modern  hospitals  there  are  always  statistical  rec- 
ords to  be  kept  up  and  a  thorough  system  of  details 
attended  to.  A  few  years  ago  these  were  not  con- 
sidered of  importance  —  perhaps  were  not,  under 
different  circumstances.  Now  they  are  justly 
deemed  indispensable,  though  Sister  Dora's  pa- 
tients may  have  been  as  well  cared  for  without 
them.  During  her  whole  life  at  Walsall  she  en- 
deavored to  make  her  patients  happy,  whether  with 
books,  music  or  other  kindnesses.  Physically,  she 
was  as  richly  endowed  as  mentally.  For  days  and 
nights  together  she  would  work,  with  only  a  few 
hours'  rest  at  a  time,  and  she  devised  a  sort  of 
sling  by  the  aid  of  which  she  could  carry  upstairs 
men  heavier  than  herself.  With  unhesitating 
courage  she  went  through  an  epidemic  of  small- 
pox, finally  herself  contracting  the  disease,  yet  re- 
covering, only  to  ultimately  fall  a  victim  to  cancer 
in  1878. 

In  reading  her  biography,  every  nurse  nlust 
realize  that  she  herself  has  entered  on  a  field  of 
boundless  value  and  experience.  Sister  Dora  was 
a  woman  far  in  advance  of  her  time,  for  while 
women  now  sometimes  leave  homes  of  luxury  to 
become  nurses,  they  are  but  keeping  abreast  of  the 
times  in  doing  so,  while  hers  was  a  conspicuous 
example  of  innovation,  which  doubtless  led  many 
others  to  follow  it  in  later  years.  Not  all  her 
hospital  methods  would  stand  the  test  of  later-day 
knowledge,  and  her  delightful  personality  led 
every  one  to  overlook  some  manifest  defects  of 
character;  but  when  she  passed  from  the  scene  of 
her  earthly  labors,  all  who  had  known  her  realized 


HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 


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that  an  exceptional  woman  liad  been  for  eleven 
years  an  angel  of  mercy  and  sympathy  among  the 
suffering  of  Walsall.  Her  life's  story  will  in- 
fluence many  yet  to  come,  as  it  has  the  many  who 
have  already  become  nurses  through  knowledge  of 
it.  Thus  we  once  more  realize  the  force  of  Long- 
fellow's lines  — 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime, 

Ami,  (lepnrtinn,  leuve  hehiml  us 
Footprints  on  the  sanJs  of  Time 

Josephine  Hill. 


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SOME  EMINENT  NURSES 

Agnes  Jones. 


IV. 


Only  the  actions  of  the  just 

Smell  sweet,  and  blossom  in  the  dust. 

James  Shirley,  1650. 

F  there  be  published  a  new  and  enlarged 
edition  of  Miss  Yonge's  inspiring  work, 
the  book  of  Golden  Deeds ^  it  will  not  be 
complete  unless  including  the  chief  figures  among 
those  nurses  who  have  died  at  their  post  of 
duty. 

It  was  written  before  trained  nurses  were  known 
in  our  country,  and  when  they  were  comparatively 
new  in  England;  otherwise  the  omission  of  the 
story  of  Agnes  Blizabeth  Jones  would  be  a  fault. 
Her  life  was  an  unbroken  succession  of  golden 
deeds,  and  when  she  died,  in  1868,  no  less  a  nurse 
than  Florence  Nightingale  thus  wrote  of  her: 
*'One  woman  has  died  —  a  woman  attractive  and 
rich,  young  and  witty;  3^et  a  veiled  and  silent 
woman  who,  to  follow  Him  who  went  about  doing 

good,  spent  herself  in  activity she  overworked 

because  others  underworked.  She  died,  as  she  had 
lived,  at  her  post,  in  one  of  the  largest  workhouse 
infirmaries  in  England — the  first  in  which  trained 
nurses  have  been  introduced.  She  is  the  pioneer 
of  workhouse  nursing.  She  was  absolutely  with- 
out human  vanity;  she  preferred  being  unknown 
to  all  but  God ;  she  did  not  let  her  right  hand 
know  what  her  left  hand  did.  I  will  therefore  call 
her  Una,  for,  when  her  whole  life  and  image  rise 
before  me,  so  far  from  thinking  the  story  of  Una 
and  her  lion  a  myth,  I  say  here  is  Una  in  real 
flesh  and  blood  —  Una  and  her  paupers,  far  more 


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untamable  than  lions.  She  lived  the  life  and  died 
the  death  of  the  saints  and  martyrs;  though  the 
greatest  sinner  would  not  have  been  more  surprised 
than  she  to  have  heard  this  said  of  herself." 

The  woman  of  whom  these  glowing  words  were 
written  was  born  in  1832,  at  Cambridge,  England, 
the  child  of  the  Colonel  commanding  the  12th 
Regiment,  which  was  soon  afterwards  ordered  to 
the  island  of  Mauritius.  Here  her  childhood  was 
passed  up  to  seven.  Returning,  the  next  few  years 
were  spent  at  Fahan,  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  and 
in  trips  to  the  Continent,  where  she  visited  the 
famous  Deaconesses'  Institute  at  Kaiserswerth. 
Here  she  received  impressions  which  confirmed  her 
in  her  earlier  wish  to  engage  in  religious  or  philan- 
thropic work.  Like  Miss  Nightingale,  she  became 
a  ministering  angel  to  the  poor,  the  sick,  the 
suffering  in  Fahan,  where  she  remained  until  i860. 
With  enthusiasm  equal  to  "Sister  Dora's,"  she 
had  a  far  more  equable  nature,  and  was  equally 
beloved  by  her  patients,  who  were  to  her  objects  of 
personal  affection,  so  much  so  that  she  could  write 
of  one,  a  poor,  ignorant  old  woman  who  died  in 
1858:  "I  have  a  friend  less  in  the  world  to-night, 
one  more  in  heaven."  With  all  her  devotion  to 
her  poor,  there  was  nothing  of  the  Jelly  by  type 
about  her.  Her  sister  says:  "No  home  duty  was 
ever  neglected,  and  her  mother's  slightest  wish 
would  at  all  times  make  her  give  up  her  own 
plans." 

In  i86o-'6i  she  spent  several  months  at  Kaisers- 
werth, preparing  for  what  was  to  be  her  chief  and 
final  work  in  England,  although  she  had  at  the 
time  no  expectation  of  being  a  nurse,  as  her  mother 
objected.  The  objection  was  eventually  withdrawn, 
after  she  had  spent  a  year  as  pupil  in  St.  Thomas' 
Hospital,  London.     Here  Miss  Nightingale  says 


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of  her :  "  She  was  our  best  pupil ;  she  went  through 
all  the  work  of  a  soldier,  and  thereby  fitted  herself 
for  being  the  best  general  we  ever  had.  Many  a 
time  in  her  after-life  at  Liverpool  she  wrote  that 
without  this  training  she  could  have  done  nothing." 
After  this  she  became  superintendent  of  the  Great 
Northern  Hospital,  London,  showing  such  marked 
ability  in  this  post  that  in  1865  what  was  to  be 
her  last  and  greatest  work  was  offered  her — the 
post  of  Lady  Superintendent  of  the  Liverpool 
Workhouse  Infirmary.  Of  this  institution  her 
biographer  says:  ''Of  all  misery  in  the  mass  no 
department  was  so  long  overlooked  as  the  misery 
of  workhouse  paupers."  The  then  nurses  employed 
there  were  the  ignorant,  the  coarse,  indifferent, 
the  criminal  women  of  the  inmates — a  state  of 
affairs  doubtless  very  similar  to  that  which  ob- 
tained in  similar  American  institutions  prior  to 
1873,  when  training  schools  were  established. 

The  character  and  habits  of  the  patients,  too, 
may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  a  policeman 
patrolled  the  wards  at  night.  Of  the  1,300  inmates 
half  were  sick.  As  there  were  not  beds  for  all, 
Miss  Jones  had  to  put  two  adults  in  one  bed  in 
many  cases,  or  six  or  seven  children.  Needless  to 
say,  the  latter  stood  it  better  than  their  elders. 

Into  the  midst  of  this  trying  state  of  affairs  she 
came  as  only  a  well-trained,  well-balanced  niirse 
could — ready  and  competent  to  bring  order  out  of 
chaos,  and  remedy  the  evils  heretofore  thought 
incurable. 

A  judicious  blending  of  kindness,  firmness, 
energy  and  discipline  soon  wrought  wonders. 
Though  serious  illness,  culminating  in  small-pox, 
prevailed  the  first  year  among  the  nurses  she  had 
brought  with  her  from  St.  Thomas',  she  came  tri- 
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nature  was  strengthened  rather  than  weakened  by 
her  surroundings,  and  she  found  time  for  Scripture 
readings  in  the  wards  on  Sunday  evenings. 

These  were  greatly  appreciated,  and  proved  use- 
ful to  her  in  acquiring  permanent  control  over  the 
heterogenous  mass  of  humanity  surrounding  her — 
so  depraved  in  many  c4ses  that  the  police  wondered 
the  new  nurses  were  safe  among  such.  Her  regard 
for  her  charges  is  exemplified  by  this  extract  from 
her  journal:  "  Have  been  much  with  a  poor,  dying 
thief  who  is  in  the  agonies  of  lockjaw.  He  seems 
to  like  me  to  speak  to  him.  I  think  he  would  tell 
his  history  if  he  could;  but  speaking  is  difficult, 
and  the  paroxysms  come  on  so  often."  Cholera 
cases  did  not  frighten  her,  nor  the  most  trying 
acute  cases,  nor  fearful  outbreaks  of  violence  among 
female  prisoners,  culminating  in  an  attack  on  two 
women  warders,  who  were  nearly  beaten  to  death. 
Her  journal  at  the  time  contains  this  significant 
entry:  "I  wonder  if  there  is  a  worse  place  than 
Liverpool  on  the  earth,  and  I  am  sure  its  work- 
house is  burdened  with  a  large  proportion  of  its 
vilest.  I  can  only  compare  it  to  Sodom,  and  wonder 
how  God  stays  his  hand  from  smiting."  Notwith- 
standing the  trials  to  which  her  faith  in  human 
nature  was  thus  put,  her  personal  interest  in  the 
inmates  of  the  infirmary  never  flagged;  and  after 
her  death  a  fellow-worker  wrote  thus  to  her  biogra- 
pher: "In  all  my  acquaintance  with  her,  I  never 
knew  her  to  shrink  from  a  duty  because  of  its 
repulsiveness.  On  the  contrary,  I  have  known 
her  to  perform  offices  for  the  suffering  which  some 
mothers  would  almost  draw  back  from  performing 
for  their  children,  or  sisters  for  sisters.  And  she 
always  did  these  things  as  a  matter  of  course, 
without  affectation,  merely  as  being  in  the  line  of 
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But  all  this  devoted  care  for  others  was  telling 
upon  her,  though  her  constitution  was  naturally 
strong.  Her  last  letter,  dated  February  i,  1868,  ac- 
knowledges that  her  work  ''has  been  tremendous." 
Typhus  cases  were  in  the  wards.  Three  days  later 
she  was  stricken,  and  died  on  the  nineteenth.  The 
scene  when  her  coffin  was  taken  out  of  the  Work- 
house is  described  as  most  affecting  —  the  stairs 
and  approaches  to  the  building  lined  with  patients, 
silent  and  in  tears  over  the  remains  of  one  who 
*'had  lived  and  moved  among  them  as  an  angel  of 
mercy,  comforting  body  and  mind." 

The  whole  record  of  this  beautiful  life  is  one  of 
serene  trust  in  God,  accompanied  by  most  unremit- 
ting devotion  to  the  poor  and  suffering,  and  won- 
derful modesty  and  self-abnegation.  In  her  short 
life  of  thirty-five  years  she  did  a  work,  the  record 
of  which  is  a  bugle-call  to  action.  Her  monument 
at  Fahan  is  fittingly  inscribed  with  these  beautiful 
lines : 

"Alone  with  Christ  in  this  sequester'd  place, 

Thy  sweet  soul  learn 'd  its  quietude  of  grace  ; 

On  sufferers  waiting  in  this  vale  of  ours, 

Thy  gifted  touch  was  trained  to  finer  powers. 

Therefore  when  Death,  O  Agnes  !  came  to  thee  — 

Not  in  the  cool  breath  of  our  silver  sea, 

But  in  the  city  hospital's  hot  ward, 

A  gentle  worker  for  the  gentle  Lord  — 

Proudly,  as  men  heroic  ashes  claim. 

We  ask'd  to  have  thy  fever-stricken  frame, 

And  lay  it  in  our  grass,  beside  our  foam. 

Till  Christ  the  Healer  call  His  healers  home. ' ' 

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CHAPTER   XVII. 

LIST  OF  TRAINING  SCHCXDLS  IN  THE  UNITED 
STATES,  WITH  DETAILS. 


ALABAMA  —  Montgomery  (Highland  Park) — Highland 
Park  Sanitarium. 

BedvS  :  20,  all  for  women.  3  nurses,  2  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages  20  to 
35.  Admissions — .  Applications  1895:  —  Pay,  $10.  Duty 
hours,  13^.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  No  obstetrical  depart- 
ment. Semi-annual  examinations.  Address  the  Chief  Nurse, 
Miss  E.  MacRae.     {Graduate  Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

Note  —  Hospital  is  Surgical  only. 

CALIFORNIA— Oakland— Fabiola  Hospital— New  Broad- 
way and  Moss  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  28,  Women  15,  Private  rooms  32.     Total  75. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  506  (227  men,  279  women)  ;  27  ob- 
stetric. 27  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  6  weeks. 
Training,  22 >^  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  30.  Appli- 
cations, 1895,  60.  8  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$6.25.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  12  hours  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Some  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  Massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1887.  Has  graduated  58.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Sarah  Craig.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

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Note — Both  Schools  of  Medicine  represented  in  the  Board  of  Managers  and 
Staff  of  this  hospital. 

San  Francisco  —  California  Woman's  Hospital  —  31 18 
Sacramento  Street. 

Beds:  60  (of  which  52  are  for  pay  patients).  Cases 
treated,  1895,  204. 

17  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training 
23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1896, 
50.  12  accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours, 
11%.  Off  duty,  I  afternoon  weekly  and  every  second  Sun- 
day. Vacation,  2  weeks.  School  founded,  1884.  Has 
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months,  February  and  August.     Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
M.  T.  Thompson.     {Gradtiate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  Except  for  its  obstetrical  department,  this  Hospital  is  entirely  Surgical. 

City  and  County  Hospital  —  Potrero  Avenue,  near  21st 
Street.     (San  Francisco  Training  School  for  Nurses.) 

Beds:  Men  270,  Women  130,  Children  25.  Total  425. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  3,688  (170  obstetrical).  Ambulance 
service.  25  nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  3  months. 
Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Admissions, 
May  and  November.  Applications,  1895,  85.  15  accepted; 
10  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  9^.  Off  duty, 
27^  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  exam- 
inations. School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  34,  Gradu- 
ation month,  December.  Affords  a  Post-Graduate  Course. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Mary  Patton.  {Graduate  of  the 
Philadelphia  Hospital, ) 

French  Hospital  —  Point  Lobos  Avenue. 

Beds:    120.     Cases  treated,  1896, — . 

24  nurses,  — probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 22  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Pay,  $12.50. 
Duty  hours,  i3>^.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon,  5 
hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage. 
No  obstetrical  department ;  experience  obtained  in  another 
hospital.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1896. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  D.  H.  Kinney.  {Graduate  Massa- 
chusetts General  Hospital,  Boston.') 

Note  —  Special  training  can  be  had,  if  desired,  in  the  care  of  infectious  diseases. 

Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  —  3700  California  St» 

Beds:  Women  27,  Children  103.  Total  130.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  552  (326  children),  45  obstetric.  3,265  Dis- 
pensary. 

38  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  31.  Admissions, 
Spring  and  Fall.  Applications,  1895,  108.  54  accepted; 
20  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  10  day,  12  night. 
Off  duty,  half  day,  and  5  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1882.  Has  gradu- 
ated 128.  Graduation  months,  April  and  October.  Gold 
class  pin  given.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Eva 
P.  Pennewill.     {Graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital.) 


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diseases. 


Each  probationer  is  physically  examined  before  accept- 
ance and  must  possess  a  High  School  or  College  diploma. 

Note  — Each  nurse  has  a  month's  work  at  the  dispensary.    Most  of  the  physi- 
cians are  women,  and  all  the  managers. 

St.  Luke's  Hospital — Valencia  and  27th  Streets. 

Beds:  45,  Private  rooms — .  Total,  90.  Cases  treated, 
1896,  750  (433  men,  317  women).  26  nurses,  —  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  ad- 
ditional. Ages,  22  to  35,  Pay,  $12.50.  Duty  hours,  12, 
(i  to  3  off  daily.)  Off  duty,  6  hours,  once  every  week  and 
twice  every  second  week.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Some  nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
3  examinations  in  the  2  years.  School  founded,  1889.  Has 
graduated  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Hannah  J.  Brierley. 
{Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston.^ 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  under  the  control  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  but  nurses 
are  admitted  without  regard  to  creed. 

COLORADO  — Denver  — Arapahoe  County  Hospital  — 6th 
and  Evans  Streets. 

Beds:  Men  125,  Women  67,  Children  8,  Infants  — . 
Total  200. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  1,568  (494  medical,  457  surgical, 
182  nervous,  113  insane,  51  eye  and  ear,  74  gynaecological, 
90  obstetrical).  5453  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance 
service,  24  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35,  Applications, 
1895,26,  10  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty 
hours,  II.  Off  duty,  16  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Ivcctures  on  massage.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home,  Instruc- 
tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1887,  Has  graduated  55.  Graduation  month, 
January,  $30  given  at  graduation.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Ann  M.  Garland.  {Graduate  of  the  Cincinnati 
Hospital. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  a  public  institution,  controlled  by  the  county  authorities, 

Denver  —  St.  Luke's  Hospital — Pearl  and  19th  Sts. 
Beds:    Men  40,  Women  40.     Total  80,     Cases  treated, 

1895,  — • 

Ambulance  service,  28  nurses,  2  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Admission 
preferably  between  September  and  January.  Pay,  $10. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly.  I^ectures  on 
massage.     Obstetrical  experience  obtained  in  another  hos- 


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pital.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  18.  Gradua- 
tion month,  October.  School  case  given  when  possible. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Dr  Alicia  F.  Jeffery.  {Graduate  of  St. 
Luke' s  Hospital ,  Chicago.^ 

Note  —  The  school  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church,  the  Bishop  of  Colorado 
being  president  of  the  hospital. 

CONNECTICUT — Bridgeport — Bridgeport  Hospital. 

Beds:  92.     Cases  treated,  1895,  561. 

20  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  3  months.  Train- 
ing, 2  years.  Ages,  22  to  40.  Applications,  1895,  75.  18 
accepted.  Pay,  $10.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily  and  2  half  days  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  One  uni- 
form furnished.  Quarterly  examinations.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1885.  Has  graduated — . 
Badge  given  on  graduation.  Graduation  month,  April. 
Registry.  Apply  to  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Mr.  John  H.  Beach. 
The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Elsa  Wallace.  {Graduate  of  the 
New  York  Hospital. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Ut  Prosim. 

Danbury  —  Danbury  Hospital. 

Beds:    Men   12,  Women  11.     Total  23.     Cases  treated, 

1895,—. 
7  nurses,    i   probationer.     Ages,   20   to   35.     Probation, 

I  month.     Training,  24  months  additional.     Applications, 

1895,  12.    4  accepted;  all  became  nurses.    Pay,  $12.    Duty 

hours,  13.     Off  duty,  14  hours  weekly.    Vacation,  2  weeks. 

Limited    obstetrical    experience.       Annual    examinations. 

Graduation   month,   June.      One   prize   awarded.      School 

founded,  1894.     Has  graduated  7.    Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 

J.  K.  Converse.     {Graduate  of  the  Bridgeport  Hospital.^ 

Hartford — Hartford  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  85,  Women  53,  Children  21.  Total  159.  Also 
a  Contagious  Ward  of  19  beds.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,295 
(843  men)  ;  (561  medical,  467  surgical,  56  eye  and  ear,  57 
obstetrical.)  30  nurses  (and  4  graduates),  3  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  9c.  45  accepted;  17 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  24^^ 
hours  weekly.  Vacation,  i  week  first  year,  two  weeks 
second  Some  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  case  given  if  possible.  In- 
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School  founded,  1879.  Has  graduated  150.  Graduation 
nioti^li,  October,  Registry  for  graduates.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Katharine  Emory.  {Graduate  of  the  Johns  Hopkins 
Hospital. ) 

New  Haven  —  New  Haven  Hospital — (Connecticut  Train- 
ing School  for  Nurses. ) 

Beds :  Men  82,  Women  50,  Children  16,  Private  rooms  15. 
Total  163.  Cases  treated  1895,  968  (638  men);  494  medi- 
cal, 590  surgical,  40  obstetrical.  Ambulance  service.  34 
nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  "On  trial," 
3  months  more.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages, 
24  to  40.  Applications,  1895,  — •  45  accepted.  Pay,  $7, 
and  $32  at  graduation.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  3  hours 
daily,  4  hours  Sunday,  and  half  day  every  week.  Vacation, 
2  weeks  first  year,  4  weeks  second.  Uniforms  furnished. 
Senior  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. Obstetric  training  small,  but  8  nurses  can  take  a  3 
months'  course  in  New  York.  Quarterly  examinations. 
School  founded,  1873.  Has  graduated  363.  School  case 
given  whenever  possible.  Post-Graduate  Course  for  its  own 
graduates.  Address  the  Secretary,  Miss  Emily  Betts. 
Supt.,  Miss  Sara  Henry.  {Graduate  of  the  Royal  Infirmary^ 
Liverpool. ) 

New  London  —  Memorial  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  10,  Women  11.  Children  3,  private  patients  6. 
Total  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,  122,  53  surgical,  69  medical 
(56  men,  66  women).  Ambulance  service.  7  nurses,  2  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  addi- 
tional. Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  — .  4  accepted  ; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  i  afternoon  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  All 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Quarterly  examinations.  School 
founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  6.  Graduation  month, 
October.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  M.  J.  Wallace. 
{Graduate  of  City  Hospital,  Worcester,  Mass.) 

Norwich — Wm.  W.  Backus  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  22,  Women  22,  Children  4,  Pay  patients  14, 
Isolation  Ward  7.     Total  69. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  268  (and  185  out-patients),  156 
male,  107  medical,  123  surgical,  22  gynaecological.  8  nurses, 
2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  24  months 
additional.  Ages,  25  to  30.  Admitted  in  Spring  and  Fall. 
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Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, — .  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Both  probationers  and  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  4.  School  case 
given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  May  h.  hovQ.  {Graduate 
of  Bellevtie  Hospital. ) 

DELAWARE  —  Wilmington  —  Homeopathic  Hospital  of 
Delaware. 

Beds:  Men  18,  Women  10,  Children  3,  pay  patients  10. 
Total  41. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  205,  55  surgical  (39  men,  16  women); 
9  gynaecological  (and  76  dispensary  patients)  ;  47  eye 
and  ear,  68  medical.  Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  i  pro- 
bationer. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  addi- 
tional. Ages,  21  to  31.  Applications,  1895,  6.  2  accepted. 
Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  lectures  on  massage.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Monthly 
examinations.  School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  25. 
Graduation  month,  October.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Mary 
White.  {Graduate  of  the  Brooklyn,  N.  V.,  Homeopathic 
Hospital. ) 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— Washington— Central  Dis- 
pensary and  Emergency  Hospital  —  15th  Street  and  Ohio 
Ave.  N.  W. 

Beds:  Men  13,  Women  8,  3  emergency.  Total  24.  Cases 
treated,  1896,  2,828.  Ambulance  service.  7  nurses.  Training, 
3  months.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily,  i  afternoon,  4  hours  Sunday.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Kva  Simonton.     {Graduate  Philadelphia  Hospital.^ 

Note  —  School  is  exclusively  for  graduate  nurses.    Each  one  wears  the  uni- 
form of  her  own  school. 

Washington — Freedmen's  Hospital  —  5th  and  Pomeroy 
Streets. 

Beds:  Men  142,  Women,  130.  Total  272.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  2,596  (men,  1,474,  402  white  ;  women,  921,  59  white); 
obstetrical,  198,  4,200  dispensary  patients  (938  surgical, 
419  gynaecological). 

Ambulance  service.  36  to  40  nurses,  i  to  4  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages, 
21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  loo-  17  accepted;  12  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  10  day,  12  night.  Off  duty, 
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books  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1894. 
Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month,  May.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Sarah  C.  Ebersole.  {Graduate  of 
the  Illinois  Training  School,  Chicago. ) 

Note  —  This  is  a  Government  institution,  under  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 
Candidates  have  to  pass  a  Civil  Service  examination  for  admission. 
Only  single  colored  women  accepted  as  nurses. 

Garfield  Memorial  Hospital  —  Cor.  Grant  and  Sherman 
Avenues. 

Beds:  Men  31,  women  32,  Infants  8,  pay  patients  40. 
Total  III.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,231  (1,070  white);  Men 
750,  Women  552  ;  Medical,  680  (421  men,  223  women);  Ob- 
stetrical, 48,  surgical,  396  (219  men,  177  women).  Ambu- 
lance service.  34  nurses,  2  or  3  probationers.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  250.  28  accepted  ;  17  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10. 
Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  2  half-days 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  All  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  A 
separate  Nurses'  Home.  Examinations  every  6  weeks. 
School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  42.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  G.  M. 
Nevins.     (^Graduate  of  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.') 

National  Homeopathic  Hospital — N  and  2d  Streets  N.  W. 

Beds  :  Men  30,  Pay  patients  20.  Total  50.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  499  (189  men,  310  women),  154  surgical,  345  medical, 
33  obstetrical.  15  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  20.  7  accepted;  6  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.50. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  34  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1892.  Has 
graduated  24.  Graduation  month.  May.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Mary  H.  Ellison.  (^Graduate  of  the  Garfield  Memorial 
Hospital,   Washington. ) 

GEORGIA— Augusta-  City  Hospital  —  Cor.  Washington 
and  Walker  Streets. 

Beds  :  45.  Cases  treated,  1896,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
12  nurses.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Pay,  $7.50.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  20 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Applications,  1896,  40.  12  ac- 
cepted. Two  uniforms  furnished.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1894. 


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Superintendent,  Miss  Ellen  V.  Hayes.  {Graduate  Philadel- 
phia Hospilal. ) 

The  School's  motto  is  ExcBi^siOR. 

ILLINOIS  —  Aurora  —  Aurora  Hospital  —  368  S.  Lincoln 
Ave. 

Beds:  16  men,  10  women.  Total  26.  Cases  treated,  1896, — . 
4  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
22  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  5. 
3  accepted;  2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12 
from  October  to  May,  8  from  May  to  October.     Off  duty,  4 

'  hours  daily  in  Summer,  2  every  second  day  in  Winter. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical 
experience.     Semi-annual  examinations.     School   founded, 

\1893.  Has  graduated  6.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address 
the  Supt.  of  Hospital  and  School,  Dr.  Louis  Thexton. 

Chicago — Alezian  Brothers'  Hospital  —  Racine  and  Belden 
Aves.  (New  Building.)   Present  location  559  N.  Market  St. 

Beds :  Men  200. 

Cases  treated,   1895,  2,053  (506  medical,  1,547  surgical). 

19  nurses,  10  probationers.    Probation,  2  months.    Training, 

20  months  additional.  Ages,  19  to  30.  No  pay.  Duty 
hours,  17.  Off  duty,  none.  No  vacation.  Uniforms  and 
text  books  furnished.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lec- 
tures on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  73. 
Graduation  month,  May.  Address  the  Supt.,  Brother 
Philip  Kreamer. 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  exclusively  for  men,  and  all  nurses  are  men.  They 
must  all  belong  to  the  Catholic  Order  of  the  Alexian  Brothers  by  which  the  insti- 
tution is  maintained.  They  also  do  the  nursing  in  other  hospitals  of  the  same 
Order  elsewhere  in  the  U.  S. 

Augustana  Hospital — 480  Cleveland  Ave. 

Beds:  Men — ,  Women — .     Total  150. 

Cases  treated,  1896,  968  (775  surgical,  193  medical). 

Ambulance  service.  24  nurses,  —  probationers. ,  Proba- 
tion, I  or  2  months.  Training,  23  months  additional. 
Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  40.  14  accepted; 
12  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty, 
I  or  2  afternoons  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text 
books  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  No  obstetrical  department,  but  some  outside  experi- 
ence. Annual  Examinations.  School  founded,  1894.  Has 
graduated  8.    Graduation  month,  July.    Registry,    Address 


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the  Supt. ,  Miss  Julia  I.  Andersen.     (^Graduate  of  the  Illinois 
Training  School,  Chicago. ) 

NOTE  —  Protestants  only  are  eligible  as  probationers.  The  Hospital  is  controlled 
by  the  Swedish  Evangelical  I^utheran  Church. 

Baptist  Hospital  —  3410  Rhodes  Ave. 

Beds:   100.     Cases  treated,  1896, — . 

30  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, 2  years  additional.  Ages,  19  to  30.  Applications, 
1896,  250,  19  accepted;  15  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  and  half  of 
alternate  Sundays.  I^ectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  38. 
Graduation  month,  March.  School  case  given  whenever 
possible.  Registry,  Address  the  Supt.,  Dr.  Linnie  M. 
Ousley.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Hisa  Nagano.  {Gradu- 
ate of  this  School. ) 


Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Baptist  Church.  Only  Protestants  are 
eligible  as  nurses.  A  beginning  of  a  Male  Training  School  has  been  made  with 
one  probationer. 

Chicago  Hospital — 49th  St.  Cor.  Drexel  Place. 

Beds  :  —  men,  —  women.    Total  50. 

Cases  treated,  1896,  421  (180  men,  241  women),  46  medi- 
cal (17  obstetrical),  375  surgical  (126  gynaecological). 
Ambulance  service.  27  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation, 
I  to  2  months.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20 
to  30.  Applications,  1896,  185.  15  accepted;  12  became 
nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  10  to  12.  Off  duty,  — . 
Vacation,  i  month  at  end  of  first  year.  I^ectures  on  massage. 
Examinations  every  8  months.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home 
(to  be  built).  Post-Graduate  course  offered.  Registr3^ 
Each  nurse  has  one  month,  each,  in  Diet  Kitchen  and  Drug- 
room.  School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  36.  Gradu- 
ation month,  January.  Address  the  Sec'y.  and  Treas'r, 
Dr.  J.  T.  Binkley,  Jr.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Emma 
Bourchier.     {Graduate  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago.) 

Cook  County  Hospital — Wood  and  Harrison  Streets. 

Beds:  600  men,  350  women,  50  children.  Total  1,000. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  15,689  of  all  kinds  (no  report  issued, 
hence  subdivision  impossible).  Regular,  Homeopathic  and 
Eclectic  Physicians  practice  in  this  hospital,  a  city  institution. 

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65th  Street. 

Beds:  Men  18,  Women  15,  Children  2.     Total  35. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  405  (222  men,  163  women,  20  chil- 
dren), 211  surgical,  82  medical,  100  gynaecological,  12  ob- 
stetrical. Ambulance  service.  12  nurses,  i  probationer.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  25 
to  35.  Applications,  1895,  90.  20  accepted;  7  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily,  half  day  weekly,  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Some  individual  rooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1895.  School  case 
given.  Graduation  month,  April.  Address  the  Supt.  of 
Nurses,  Miss  Anna  Bartle.  {Graduate  of  Toronto  General 
Hospital. ) 

Garfield  Park  Hospital — 1776  Washington  Boulevard. 

Beds:  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  205,  (74 men,  131  women), 
1 10  medical,  11  obstetrical,  (95  surgical,  74  gynaecological). 
Ambulance  service.  9  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  28. 
Applications,  1895,  25.  8  accepted;  5  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half 
day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text  books 
furnished.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  15. 
Graduation  month,  — .  School  case  given.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Gertrude  Brooks.  {^Graduate  of  the  Mary 
Thc^-bson  Hospital,  Chicago.^ 

German-American  Hospital  — (Bethesda  Nurse-Training 
School — 30-32  Belden  Place.) 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  25.     Total  40. 

Cases  treated,  1896, — 

10  nurses,  12  probationers,  Probi.ion,  i  or  2  months. 
Training,  34  or  35  months  additional.  Ages,  25  to  35. 
Applications,  1896,  25.  12  accepted;  10  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $3.33.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  half 
day  weekly.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1886.  Has  graduated  45 .  Gradu- 
ation month,  March.  Registry.  Uniforms  furnished.  Ad- 
dress the  Pres't.,  F.  Frank  F.  Henning.  The  Supt.  of 
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ILLINOIS — Chicago — Hahnemann  Hospital — 2814  Grove- 
land  Ave. 

Beds :  Men  30,  Women  48,  Children  20,  pay  patients  32. 
Total  130.  Cases  treated,  1895, — .  24  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  to  3  months.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  2i  to  33.  Applications,  1895,  90.  34  accepted;  21 
became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  half  day  weekly.  Uniforms  furnished.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1894. 
Has  graduated  8.  Graduation  month,  June.  School  case 
given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Cora  Overholt.  {Graduate 
of  the  Illinois  Training  School,  Chicago. ) 

Note  — This  Hospital  is  Homeopathic. 

Lakeside  Hospital  —  4147  Lake  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  12,  Children  i.  Total  25.  (Only 
two  free  beds.)  Cases  treated,  1895,  300  (160  men,  140 
women),  40  medical  (10  obstetric),  260  surgical  (100 
gynaecological).  20  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  2 
months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages  20  to  26.  Appli- 
cations, 1896,  150.  40  accepted;  18  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5 
(and  $50  at  graduation).  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily,  i  afternoon,  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  ks. 
Uniform  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruct  jn  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  Monthly  ev  minations.  School  founded, 
1892.  Has  graduated  18.  Gr  Juation  month,  June.  Regis- 
try. Address  the  Supt. ,  Mi;  j  Minna  McD.  Clark.  {Graduate 
of  Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Non  Nobis  Soi.um. 

Mary  Thompson  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  — 
Adams  and  Paulina  Streets. 

Beds:  Women  65,  Children  15.     Total  80. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  846  (389  medical,  184  gynaecologi- 
cal, 199  surgical,  74  obstetrical),  1,732  Dispensary.  22 
nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  to  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 23  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications, 
1895,  121.  51  accepted;  20  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty 
hours,  9  or  10.  Off  duty,  half  day,  and  part  of  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished,  and  text  books  in 
part,  lectures  on  massage.  School  founded,  1895.  Has 
graduated  55.  Graduation  month,  June,  $100  given  at 
graduation,  and  school  case  if  possible.  Registry.  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Caroline  S.  Flatt.  {Gradu- 
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and  26th  Street. 

Beds  :  Men  240,  Women  50,  Private  patients  60,  Children 
10,  Infants  7.     Total  400. 

Cases  treated,  1896,  1,786  (1,115  "^en,  671  women),  761 
medical  (37  obstetric),  782  surgical  (206  gynaecological). 
Ambulance  service.  40  nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation, 
I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  600.  —  accepted;  —  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  and  half 
day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  L,ectures  on  mavSsage.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  18.  Graduation 
month,  June.  School  case  given.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt. ,  Sister  Mary  Veronica.     (Graduate  of  this  School.^ 

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Note  —  The  Hospital  is  under  the  control  of  a  Catholic  Order,  the  Sisters  of 
Mercy,  but  Protestant  probationers  are  admitted. 

Michael  Reese  Hospital  —  29th  St.  and  Groveland  Ave. 

BedL :  Men  32,  Women  52,  Children  12,  Infants  6. 
Total  117. 

Cases  treated,  1895  1,230,  (623  men,  349  medical,  274  sur- 
gical;  404  women,  286  medical,  118  surgical),  237  gynae- 
cological, 52  obstetrical.  40  nurses,  2  or  3  probationers. 
'Probation,  3  months.  Training,  33  months  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  230.  28  accepted; 
10  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.67.  Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty, 
half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  45. 
Graduation  month,  June.  School  case  given.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  A.  E.  Nourse.  (Graduate  0/  St. 
Luke' s  Hospital,  Chicago.) 

National  Temperance  Hospital — 1619  Diversey  Ave. 

Beds:  35. 

Cases  treated,  1896,  130  (20  men,  no  women  and  chil- 
dren). 21  medical  (7  obstetrical),  109  surgical  (70  gynaeco- 
logical). ID  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Pay,  $8. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetric  department,  but  occa- 
sional cases.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.     Annual  examinations.     School  founded, 


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1886.  Has  graduated  24.  Graduation  month,  June.  Reg- 
istry. Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Alice  Ray  Farabee.  {Gradu- 
ate of  this  School. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is:  Whkrefork  Lift  Up  the 
Hands  Which  Hang  Down,  and  the  Feeble  Knees; 
AND  Make  Straight  Paths  for  Your  Feet,  Lest  That 
Which  is  Lame  be  Turned  Out  of  the  Way  :  But  Let 
it  Rather  be  HeaIvEd. — Hebrews  XII :  12,  13. 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  National  Woman's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union.  Both  schools  of  medicine  are  represented  on  its  staff.  Nurses  must 
be  total  abstainers  from  liquors,  tobacco  ana  opium,  and  be  Protestants. 

Polyclinic  Hospital — 174  East  Chicago  Ave. 

Beds  :  — .     Cases  treated,  1 895 ,  — . 

14  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  50- 
8  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  9. 
Off  duty,  — .  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1893. 
Has  graduated  10.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Wetter.  {Graduate  of  the 
Illinois  Training  School,  Chicago. ) 

Post-Graduate  Medical  School  and  Hospital  —  2400  Dear- 
born Street. 

Beds  :  — .  30  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  31.  Pay,  $7.  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  one  afternoon  and  part  of  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examina- 
tions. Post-Graduate  course.  Registry.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  School  founded,  18 — .  Has  graduated,  — .  Gradu- 
ation month,  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Louella  Smith. 
{Graduate  of  the  Woman's  Hospital,   Chicago.^ 

Presbyterian  Hospital  —  Wood  and  Congress  Streets. 

Beds:   125  men,  100  women,  25  children.     Total  250, 

Cases  treated,  1895,  1,958. 

Ambulance  service.  150  nurses,  7  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  to  3  months.  Training,  33  to  35  months  additional. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  644.  69  accepted;  all 
became  nurses.  Pay,  none  for  ist  and  2d  years,  $10  for  3d. 
Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  half  day  weekly  and  half  of  Sun- 
day. Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text-books  fur- 
nished. Senior  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  A  sepa- 
rate Nurses'  Home.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in 
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founded,  1880.  Has  graduated  480.  Graduation  month, 
June.  School  case  given.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Isabel  Mclsaac.  {Graduate  of  this  school)  at  the 
Nurses'  Home,  304  Honord  Street. 

Note  —  This  School  also  furnishes  all  the  nurses  for  the  Cook  County  Hospital, 
the  total  force  of  nurses  being  divided  between  the  two.  The  corporate  title  is  ; 
"  The  Illinois  IVaining-Schoot  for  Nurses." 

Provident  Hospital — 36th  and  Dearborn  Streets. 

Beds  :  Men  20,  Women  20,  Children  6.     Total  46. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  146. 

12  nurses,  2  probationers, 
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accepted ;   7  became  nurses. 


Probation,  3  months.  Train- 
Ages,  21  to  30.  Admissions 
Applications,   1896,  30.     13 

No  pay.  Duty  hours,  i}4. 
Off  duty,  2  (if  possible)  daily,  i  afternoon,  and  half  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text  books  furnished. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1891.  Has  gradu- 
ated 14.  Graduation  month,  June.  School  case  given. 
Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Nina  James  Price. 
{Graduate  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago.) 

Note  —  The  School  is  for  colored  women  exclusively. 

St.  Joseph's  Hospital  —  360  Garfield  Avenue. 

Beds:  Men  39.  Women  62,  Children  10.  Total  iii 
(54  being  private  rooms).  Cases  treated,  1895,  704  (311 
men,  393  women),  254  medical,  450  surgical  (of  which  136 
were  gynaecological),  243  Dispensary  cases.  Ambulance 
service.  25  nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  28  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  30.  19  accepted;  17  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  from  2  P.  M.  over  night  once 
weekly,  extra  half  day  occasionally.  Vacation,  3  weeks. 
Uniform  furnished  first  year.  Nurses  have  individual  bed- 
rooms. Lectures  on  massage.  Obstetrical  experience  limited 
to  private-room  cases.  Three  examinations  yearly.  School 
founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month, — . 
Address  the  Supt.,  Sister  M.  Elizabeth. 

The  School's  Motto  is  Semper  Fidbws. 


Note —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  a  Catholic  Order,  the  Sisters  of  .Charity, 
but  Protestants  are  admitted  as  probationers. 

St.  Luke's  Hospital — Indiana  Ave.  and  14th  Street. 
Beds:  Men  54,  Women  27,  Children  22,  Infants  8,  pay 
patients  39.     Total  150. 


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The  Board  of  Directors  offers  a  three-years'  course  of  training  to 
women  who  desire  to  enter  the  profession  of  nursing. 

The  course  of  training  comprises  theoretical  work  in  class  and 
lecture  rooms,  cooking  lessons,  and  practical  work  in  two  hospitals : 
!)eiiig  divided  into  junior,  middle  and  senior  years. 

The  facilities  for  imparting  theoretical  and  practical  training  to 
nurses  are  thorough  and  complete  in  all  departments,  including  in- 
struction by  the  ablest  professors  from  different  medical  colleges  and 
the  daily  care  of  nearly  one  thousand  private  and  free  patients  in 
medical,  siu-gical,  obstetrical,  gynaecological,  children's  and  con- 
tagious wards. 

Nurses  have  the  unusual  advantage  of  training  in  both  a  public 
and  a  private  institution  ;  Cook  County  Hospital  being  a  free  hospital 
of  eight  hundred  beds,  and  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  a  private 
hospital  of  two  hundred  beds,  which  affords  pvery  pupil  a  wide 
experience  in  the  special  nursing  of  private  patients. 

Applications  for  admission  must  be  made  to  the  Superintendent, 
304  Honord  Street,  Chicago. 


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Training  School  for  Nurses 


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was  established  in  1885.  It  forms  a  part  of  and  is  under  the 
management  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  but  is  not  in  any  way  sec- 
tarian, probationers  being  admitted  without  regard  to  creed. 
The  course  covers  two  years  of  actual  work,  as  all  time  lost 
must  be  made  up.  It  comprises  instruction  in  medical,  surgical, 
obstetrical  and  children's  wards.  Special  training  is  given  in 
surgery,  invalid  cookery  and  the  nursing  of  private  patients. 

The  hospital  has  140  beds,  and  a  daily  average  of  110 
patients,  part  of  whom  are  pay  patients.  About  1,700  cases — 
of  which  500  were  gynecological  and  obstetrical  —  were  treated 
in  1896. 

Classes  are  held  and  lectures  given  between  October  Isi  and 
June  1st,  a  two  weeks'  vacation  being  allowed  each  nurse  dur- 
ing  the  interval. 

The  value  of  St.  Luke's  training  is  so  well  known  thai.  832 
applications  for  admission  to  the  school  were  received  in  I896. 

Each  nurse  is  allowed  $4  per  month  for  uniforms,  and 
board,  lodging  and  washing  are  furnished  giatis.  On  comple- 
tion of  the  course  each  graduate  is  given  a  diploma,  a  gold 
badge  and  $100.  ^ 

The  school  accommodates  42  nurses,  and  of  the  great  number 
of  applications  received  annually  only  those  candidates  possess- 
ing superior  qualifications  are  accepted. 

One  hundred  and  thirty  nurses  have  been  graduated,  many 
of  whom  hold  important  positions  in  other  institutions. 

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Cases  treated,  1895,  1.670  (730  men,  730  women,  91 
infants),  571  surgical,  387  medical,  324  gynaecological,  105 
obstetrical;  Eye  and  E^r  45,  orthopedic  55.  Ambulance 
service.  40  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  i  to  3  months. 
Training,  21  to  23  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  31. 
Applications,  1895,  900.  20  accepted;  16  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $4.  Duty  hours,  9.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1885.  Has  graduated  126. 
Graduation  month,  June.  $100  and  gold  badge  given  at 
graduation.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Florence 
Hutcheson.     (^Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York.) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church.    The  nurses  have 
an  out-door  uniform  also  —  gray  cloak  and  bonnet. 

Dr.  Streeter's  Private  Hospital  — 1646  Calumet  Avenue. 

Beds  :  28,  all  pay  patients.     Cases  treated,  1896,  — . 

9  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, 17  months  additional.  Ages,  25  to  30.  Applications, 
1896,  50.  7  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.70. 
Duty  hours,  — .  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
School  case  given.  Registry.  School  founded,  1888.  Has 
graduated  35.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Mary  W,  Sher- 
wood.    {Graduate  0/  Woman's  Hospital,  Chicago*) 

Tabitha  Hospital  —  Francisco  and  Thomas  Streets. 

Beds :  50. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  — • 

Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  2  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  or  2  months.  Training,  23  months  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  20.  11  accepted;  7 
became  nurses.  No  pay  (but  $100  at  graduation).  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon,  and  half  Sunday  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text  books  furnished. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  189-.  Has  graduated  2.  Graduation 
month,  October.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  M.  B.  EUingsen. 
{Graduate  of  the  Illinois  Trainifig  School,  Chicago.) 

Note  —  School  is  controlled  by  the  Norwegian  Lutheran  Church. 

Wesley  Hospital — 25th  and  Dearborn  Streets. 

Beds  :  Men  14,  Women  18,  Children  3,  Infants  3.  Total  38. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  291  ( —  men,  —  women),  55  medi- 
cal, 109  surgical,  79  gynaecological,  27  obstetrical,  21  mis- 
cellaneous.    15  nurses,  i  probationer.     Probation,  i  month. 


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Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  31.  Applications, 
1895,  305.  18  accepted  ;  8  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly,  half 
Sunday.  Lectures  on  ma.ssage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  A  .separate  Nurses'  Home.  Quarterly  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  52.  Gradu- 
ation month,  December.  School  case  given.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Mrs.  Annie  Hewitt  Byrne. 
(Graduate  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago.^ 
The  School's  Motto  is  Faithfui.. 


Note  —  This  School  is  controlled  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  only 
Protestants  are  admitted  as  nurses.  Both  men  and  women  physicians  are  on  the 
medical  staff. 

Woman's  Hospital  —  Rhodes  Ave.  and  32d  Street. 

Beds:  45.  Cases  treated,  1896,  271.  743  Dispensary  cases. 
22  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, 23  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications, 
1896,  300.  40  accepted;  19  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8. 
Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  3  on  Sunday,  half 
day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  ma.ssage. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1883.  Has 
graduated  90.  Graduation  month,  — .  RegivStry.  Address 
the  Supt. ,  Miss  Lucy  C.  Ayers.  (^Graduate  of  the  Connecticut 
Training  School,  New  Haven  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  Except  for  its  obstetrical  department  the  Hospital  is  entirely  surgical. 

Elgin  —  Sherman  Hospital. 

Beds:  25.  Cases  treated,  1895,  174,  69  men,  44  surgical, 
25  medical,  105  women,  27  surgical,  36  medical,  34  gynae- 
cological, 8  obstetrical.  Ambulance  service.  5  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  11.  5 
accepted.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  9  day,  12  night.  Off 
duty,  half  day  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1896.  Graduation  month,  September.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Mary  C.  Wheeler.  {Graduate  of  Illinois  Trai?iing 
School,  Chicago.) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Elgin  Woman's  Club. 

Galesburg  —  Cottage  Hospital. 

Beds: — Total  22.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance 
ser\ace.  9  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,   24  months  additional.     Ages,  21  to  31.     Appli- 


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II J^.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1895.  Has  gradu- 
ated 2.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
Jessie  C.  Sutcliffe.  (^Graduate  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital, 
Chicago. ) 

Peoria  —  Cottage  Hospital. 

Beds:  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  3^5  (194  men,  171  women), 
200  surgical.  Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional. 
Ages,  24  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  20.  6  accepted;  all 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.26.  Duty  hours,  — .  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  i  afternoon,  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  "  Frequent  "  examinations. 
School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  13.  Graduation 
month,  June.  School  case  given.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Eleanor  J.  Coolidge.  {^Graduate  of  the  Illinois 
Training  School^  Chicago.^ 

The  School's  Motto  is:  As  Ye  Would  That  Mkn 
Should  Do  To  You,  Do  Ye  Also  To  Them  Like- 
wise.—  St.  Lnke   VI:  31. 

Quincy  —  Blessing  Hospital.  ' 

Beds:  60.     Cases  treated,  1895, — • 

Ambulance  service.  11  nurses,  — probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to 
35.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily, 
I  afternoon,  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  1891.  Has  gradu- 
ated 9.  Graduation  month,  October.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Annie  M.  Jones.  {^Graduate  of  Bellevue  Hospital^ 
New  York. ) 

Rockford  —  Rockford  Hospital. 

Beds:  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,  351  (143  men,  188 
women,  47  emergency  cases).  Ambulance  service.  9  nur- 
ses, I  probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Admissions,  Spring  and  Fall. 
Applications,  1895,  21.  9  accepted  ;  5  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$10.  Duty  hours,  8.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day 
weekly,  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  sepa- 
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side work.  School  founded,  1887.  Has  graduated  21. 
Graduation  month,  June.  School  case  given.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  ly.  C.  Glenn.  {Gradiiate  of  the 
Illhiois  Training  School,  Chicago.) 

INDIANA  —  Indianapol:  -  City  Hospital — Margaret  and 
Lock  Streets. 

Beds:  Men  65,  Women  63,  Children  7.  Total  135.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  1,613  (88  obstetric),  1,055  men.  558  women. 
Ambulance  service  (522  cases).  20  nurses,  i  to  3  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895, — .  Accepted, — . 
Pay,  $4.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily  and  2 
half  days  during  week.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text-books 
furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1883. 
Has  graduated  67.  $100  given  with  diploma.  Address  the 
Chief  Nurse,  Miss  Alice  Ashby.  (^Graduate  Indianapolis 
Flower  Mission  Traijiing  School. ) 

South  Bend  —  Epworth  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  8.  Total  20.  Cases  treated, 
1895  (6  mos. ),  78.  Ambulance  service.  9  nurses.  i  pro- 
bationer. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  31.  Applications,  1896,  30.  9  accepted;  6  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $6.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  22  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  A  sepa- 
rate Nurses'  Home.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1894.  Graduation  month,  October.  $15  given  at  graduation. 
Address  the  Supt,,  Miss  Margaret  Brennan.  {Graduate  of 
Wesley  Hospital,  Chicago. ) 

Note  —  A  new  Hospital  building  will  soon  be  erected. 

IOWA — Davenport — St.  Luke's  Hospital,  720  Brady  St. 

Beds:  22.  Cases  treated,  1895,  120  (37  medical,  83  sur- 
gical). 20  nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Pay,  $6.50. 
Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly, 
half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Registry.  School  case  given.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1897.  (Previously  graduated,  5.)  Gradua- 
tion month,  October.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  L.  E.  Turner. 
{Graduate  of  Illinois  Training  School,  Chicago.) 


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IOWA — Des  Moines  —  Cottage  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  16,  Women  10.  Total  26.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  350,  (174  men,  176  women).  7  nurses,  —  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  20  to  30,  Pay,  $8.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off 
duty,  12  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  obstet- 
rical ca.ses.  School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  2. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  M.  E.  Lent.  (^Graduate  of  Johns 
Hopkins  Hospital^   Baltimore?) 

Independence  —  Iowa  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds:  Men  550  Women  430.  Total  980  (including  12 
pay  patients).  90  nurses  (40  men,  50  women),  6  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  3  months.  Training,  18  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  18  to  30  women,  21  to  30  men.  42  applicants 
accepted  in  1895,  and  24  became  nurses.  Pay,  $15  women, 
$20.50  men  ($20  and  $30  to  graduates).  Duty  hours,  14. 
Off  duty,  15  hours  weekly.  All  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  29  men,  and  45  women. 
Graduation  month,  April.  Post-Graduate  course.  Address 
the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  Gershom  H.  Hill.  The  Lady 
Supt.  is  Miss  Florence  A.  Brown.    {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  About  half  the  nurses  on  duty  are  graduates. 

Iowa  City — State  University  of  Iowa — Homeopathic  Dept. 
—  HospitaL 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  24,  Infants  i,  Pay  patients  8, 
Eye  and  Ear  4.  Total  49.  Cases  treated,  1895,  574  (271 
men,  303  women),  133  medical,  265  surgical,  161  eye  and 
ear,  15  obstetrical.  6  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation, 
I  month.  Training,  3  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35. 
Admission,  usually,  March  and  September.  Applications, 
1895,  45-  6  accepted;  2  became  nurses.  Pay,  ^6.  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  every  other  evening,  one  afternoon, 
and  extra  time  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  i  month.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Will  have  a 
separate  Nurses'  Home  by  1898.  No  obstetrical  depart- 
ment, but  some  private  and  clinic  cases.  Post-graduate 
course  offered.  School  founded,  1890,  Has  graduated  8. 
Graduation  month,  March,  Address  the  Supt.,  Dr.  Adele 
P.  Kimball,  {Gradtiate  of  the  Massachusetts  General  Hospital, 
Boston. )  The  Allopathic  Dept,  will  have  a  Training  School 
about  January,  1898, 

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KANSAS  —  Kansas  City  —  Bethany  Hospital  —  Corner 
Orchard  and  Tenney  Streets. 

Beds:  Men  20,  Women  15,  Pay  patients  10.  Total  35. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  320  (115  men,  205  women),  135  surgical, 
90  gynaecological,  95  medical.  10  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages, 
20  fo  30.  Applications,  1895,  ^5-  5  accepted;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  20  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  i  month.  Text  books  furnished.  Lec- 
tures on  massage.  No  obstetrical  department.  Three  exami- 
nations yearly.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1 89 1.  Has  graduated  15.  Address  the  Supt, ,  Mrs. 
Mary  C.  King.     (^Graduate  of  this  school.^ 

The  School's  Motto  is.  For  Jesus'  Sakk. 

NOTK  — The  school  is  controlled  by  the  M.  E.  Church.     Only  Methodists  are 
eligible  as  probationers. 

Topeka  —  Christ's  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  12,  10  pay  patients.  Total  34. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  8  nurses,  2 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Admissions,  Spring  and  Au- 
tumn. Applications,  1895,  — •  ^  accepted;  5  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  8.  Off  duty,  4  hours  daily.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  7.  Gradua- 
tion month,  September.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Fannie  G. 
McKibben.     (^Graduate  of  Wo^nan'' s  Hospital ,  Philadelphia.^ 

Note  — The  School  is  controlled  by  the  Woman's  Guild,  an  Episcopal  organi- 
zation. 

Jane  C.  Stormont  Woman's  Hospital — 332  Greenwood  Ave. 

Beds:  8.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  6  nurses, — proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  — •  4  accepted  ; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.50.  Duty  hours,  — .  Off 
duty,  — .  Vacation,  2  weeks.  No  obstetrical  department, 
but  some  outside  cavSes.  School  founded,  1895.  Has  gradu- 
ated 2.  School  case  given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Mary 
E.  Williams.     (^Graduate  of ) 

KENTUCKY  —  Lexington  —  Protestant  Infirmary  —  259 
East  Short  Street. 

Beds  :  Men  30,  Women  24,  Children  7,  Reception  Ward  2, 
Private  rooms  17.  Total  80.  Cases  treated,  1896,  113 
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3  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional  (3  years  if  desired).  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  50,  16  accepted.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  10. 
Off  duty,  half  day,  and  part  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  School  founded,  — .  Has  gradu- 
ated 10.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Emma.  E. 
Mathias.  {Graduate  Protestant  Episcopal  Hospital,  Phila- 
delphia. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church,  but  probationers 
are  admitted  irrespective  of  creed. 

Louisville — City  Hospital  —  Preston  and  Chestnut  Streets. 

Beds:  Men  100,  Women  90.  Cases  treated,  1896,  1,677 
(1,143  nien,  532  women),  740  obstetrical.  Ambulance  ser- 
vice. 21  nurses,  12  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  200.  II  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5, 
and  $75  given  on  graduation.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly,  and  3  hours  Sunday.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  Senior  nurses  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  An- 
nual examinations.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  gradu- 
ated 15.  Graduation  month.  May.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Anna  M.  Sweeny.  {Graduate  Mount  Sinai  Hospital, 
New  York.)     The  School's  Motto  is  NoscK  Tb  Ipsum. 

Jennie  Casseday  Infirmary  for  Women  — 191 2  Sixth  St. 

Beds:  18.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  7  nurses,  2  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  10.  5  accepted;  all 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  i 
afternoon  and  evening  weekly,  and  6  hours  on  Sunday. 
Vacation,  i  month.  No  obstetrical  experience.  Annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  6. 
Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Ida 
Beckmann.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  exclusively  surgical. 

John  N.  Norton  Memorial  Infirmary — 3d  and  Oak  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  7,  Women  8,  Private  patients  15.  Total  30. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  348  (206  surgical,  157  medical).  16 
nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  unfixed  period.  Train- 
ing, 2  years,  including  probation.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Admis- 
sions, Spring  and  Fall.  Applications,  1895,  40-  ^4  accepted ; 
II  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2 
hours  daily,  and  half  day  Sunda3\    Vacation,  2  weeks.    Uni- 


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forms  and  text-books  furnished.  Some  individual  bedrooms. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1888.  Has 
graduated  23.  Graduation  month,  November.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Nellie  Gillette.  (^Graduate  of  the  New  York 
Hospital.)  The  School  Motto  is  I  Camk  Not  to  be  Min- 
isTBRED  Unto,  But  to  Minister. 

LOUISIANA  — New  Orleans  — Phillis  Wheatley  Training 
School—  1566  Canal  Street. 

Beds:  30.  Cases  treated,  1896,  — .  8  nurses,  —  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  18  to  35.  Admission,  September  to  February.  Fay, 
$ —  (at  present).  Duty  hours,  — .  Monthly  examinations. 
School  founded,  1896.  Address  the  President,  Mrs.  vS.  F, 
Williams,  or  the  Dean  of  the  New  Orleans  University,  Dr. 
J.  T.  Newman.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Victoria 
Whittaker.    (  Graduate  of  the  Dixie  Hospital^  Hampton ,  f  «. ) 

Note  —  This  school  is  for  colored  women. 

New  Orleans  —  Touro  Infirmary  —  Prytania  Street. 

Beds:  Men  34,  Women  30,  Pay  patients  28.  Total  92. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  609  (161  surgical).  Dispensary  ca.ses, 
20,922  (3,760  surgical).  15  nurses,  10  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  24 
to  35.  Admission,  October  i.  Pay,  $9,  Duty  hours,  12, 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  weekly,  part  of  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1896.  Graduation  month,  October. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  F.  M.  Quaife.  (^Graduate  of  the 
New  York  Hospital.) 

Note  —  The  institution  is  controlled  by  Hebrews,   but  admissions  are  non- 
sectarian. 

MAINE — Bangor — Eastern  Maine  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  15.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — . 
Ambulance  service.  7  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation, 
I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  18.  3  accepted;  all  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  4  hours 
Sunday,  i  afternoon  and  i  evening  weekly.  Vacation, 
3  weeks.  lycctures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  No  obstetrical  department.  Quarterly  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  6.  Graduation 
month, — .  Registry.  AddresstheSupt.,  Miss  Ellen  F.  Paine. 
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MAINE  —  Lewiston  —  Central  Maine  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  15,  Children  4.  Total  34,  Cases 
treated,  1895,  292  (145  men,  173  women),  75  medical,  217 
surgical.  517  ear,  throat  and  nose  additional.  10  nurses. 
I  probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  25.  4 
accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.08.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  ma.ssage.  Quarterly  examinations.  Instruc- 
tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1891.  Has 
graduated  13.  Address  the  Medical  Supt. ,  Dr.  George  P. 
Emmons.  The  Supt.  of  School  is  Miss  Minnie  M.  Morse. 
(  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Portland — Maine  General  Hospital  —  Arsenal  Street. 

Beds:  Men  48,  Women  65,  Children  6.  Total  119.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  1,060  (508  men,  552  women),  836  surgical, 
204  medical.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  weekly 
15  hours,  and  i  day  monthly.  31  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training  in  addition,  23  months.  Ages, 
21  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  208.  43  accepted  ;  16  became 
nurses.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  I^ectures  on  massage.  No 
obstetrical  department,  but  some  outside  experience.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1885.  Has  graduated  102.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Amelia 
L.  Smith.     ( Graduate  of  ili,U  School. ) 

MARYLAND  —  Baltimore  —  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital  — 
North  Broadway. 

Beds  :  Men  1 30,  Women  1 70,  Children  20.  Total  320. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  3,155  (1,701  men,  1,454  women), 
983  medical,  1,128  surgical,  814  gynaecological.  18,367  dis- 
pensary patients  (369  obstetrical).  Ambulance  service.  16 
head  nurses,  64  pupil  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  2 
months.  Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35. 
Admission,  in  the  Spring.  Applications,  1895,  about  1,500. 
60  accepted  ;  30  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  8. 
Off  duty,  28  hours  weekly.  Separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Vacation,  3  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished. 
Nurses  generally  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Examinations, 
monthly,  quarterly  and  annually.  School  founded,  1889. 
Has  graduated  1 34.  12  scholarships  are  awarded  annually  ; 
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Miss  M.  A.  Nutting,     (Graduate  of  this  School.) 

MARYLAND  —  Baltimore  —  Maryland  General  Hospital 
—  Linden  Avenue,  north  of  Madison  Street. 

Beds:  Men  30,  Women  50,  Pay  patients  26.  Total  106. 
Ca.ses  treated,  1H95,  — .  21  nurses,  — probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Appli- 
cations, 1895,  153.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty, 
— .  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished. 
Senior  nurses  usually  have  individual  Ijedrooms.  Quarterly 
examinations.  School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  15. 
Graduation  month,  April.  Post-graduate  course  of  i  year 
offered.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  A.  B.  Morgan.  {Graduate 
Cinchinati  Training  School,  City  Hospital.) 

Maryland  University  Hospital — Lombard  and  Greene  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  75,  Women  30,  Children  12,  Pay  patients  20. 
Total  137.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
24  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  or  2  months. 
Training,  2  years  additional.     Ages,  22  to  30.    Applications, 

1895,  500.  12  accepted.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off 
duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
All  have  individual  bedrooms.  School  founded,  T890.  Has 
graduated  45.  School  case  given.  Graduation  month,  May. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Janet  Hale.  (^Graduate  of  this 
School. ) 

Note  —  A  new  and  much  larger  hospital  is  building. 

St.  Agnes  Hospital  —  Carroll  Station. 

Beds :  — .  Cases  treated,  1895,  608.  224  dispensary 
cases.  4  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  2  years  additional.     Ages,  20  to  30.    Applications, 

1896,  6.  I  accepted.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty, 
I  afternoon  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1896,  Graduation  month,  — . 
Address  the  Supt.,  Sister  M.  Julia.  {Graduate  of  St.  Mary's 
Hospital,  Milwaukee. ) 

Note  —  The  hospital  is  a  Catholic  institution,  under  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  but 
Protestant  probationers  are  admitted. 

Union  Protestant  Infirmary — 15 14  Division  St. 

Beds:  Men  8,  Women  18,  Pay  patients  9.  Total  35. 
Cases  treated,  1896, — .  9  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation, 
I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  30. 
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Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  10^.  Off  duty,  25  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  No  ()1)Stetrical  departnunt,  hut  nurses 
can  take  such  a  course  at  another  hospital.  School  founded, 
1S90.  Has  graduated  10.  Graduation  months,  May  and 
October.  Address  the  »Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  J.  t,.  Feeley. 
( Graduate  0/ Johns  Jhpkins  Hospital,  lialtimore. ) 

NoTK  —  Only  I'rotcHtantH  are  eliKit>l<^  ns  prubationcrit. 

MASSACHUSETTS  —  Boston  —  Boston  Almshouse  and 
Hospital  Training  School  for  "Nurse- Attendants" — Long 
Island,  Boston  Harbor. 

Beds:  Men  88,  Women  228,  Infants  18.  Total  334. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  953  (43°  men,  523  women).  5,146  Dis- 
pensary. 24  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  11  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  40.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  35-  30  accepted  ;  18  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11. 
Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  1  hour  daily,  4  on  vSunday  and 
48  hours  once  a  month  off  the  island.  No  vacation.  Head 
luirses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Three  examinations  yearly.  School  founded,  1895.  ^as 
graduated  13.  Post-Graduate  cour.se,  6  months.  Pay,  $25 
per  month.  Address  the  Resident  Physician,  Dr.  C.  H. 
Cogswell,  or  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  K.  A.  McPhail. 
{Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  and  Boston  Lying- 
in  Hospital. ) 

Boston  City  Hospital  —  Harrison  Ave. 

Beds:  320  men,  250  women,  130  children.  Total  700. 
A  contagious  department,  but  no  obstetrical.  Cases  treated 
in  1895,  4,298  men  (1,989  medical),  2,130  women  (1,217 
medical),  462  children  under  5.  Contagious  department, 
850.  17,740  out-patients,  cases  treated  at  the  Convalescent 
Home  not  included.  Extensive  ambulance  service.  113 
nurses,  12  probationers.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Probation,  2 
months.  Training,  22  months  additional.  Applications, 
1895,644.  73  accepted  ,  57  became  nurses.  Pay,  $12.  Duty 
hours,  13.  Off  duty,  29^  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cook- 
ery. Annual  examinations.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
(Some)  text-books  furnished.  Almost  all  nurses  have  indi- 
vidual bedrooms.  Post-Graduate  Course  for  school's  own 
graduates.  School  founded,  1878.  Has  graduated  435. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Lucy  L.  Drown.  {^Gradu- 
ate of  this  School. ) 

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McLean  Street. 

Beds  :  — .  Cases  treated,  1895,  524-  —  nurses,  —  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  14  mouths  addi- 
tional. Ages,  23  to  35,  Applications,  1895, — .  Accepted, 
— .  Pay,  $11.90.  Duty  hours, — ,  Off  duty, — .  Vacation, 
— .  Examinations,  — .  School  founded,  1888.  Has  gradu- 
ated 104.  A  Post-Graduate  course.  Apply  to  the  Supt.  of 
Ho.spital,  Mrs.  E.  J.  A.  Higgins.  The  Supt.  of  School  is 
Miss  Mary  ly.  Keith.      {Graduate  of ) 

Carney  Hospital — Old  Harbor  Street — South  Boston. 

Beds  :  Men  100,  Women  100.  Total  200.  Cases  treated, 
1896,  2,479  (1,017  men,  1,462  women),  841  surgical,  569 
gynaecological,  i  ,069  medical.  Dispensary  patients,  30,652, 
viz:  10,585  surgical,  2,607  medical,  7,741  eye,  3,016  ear, 
1,827  throat,  1,057  orthopedic,  1,660  skin,  2,159  gynaeco- 
logical. 28  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  30,  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  99.  13  accepted.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off 
duty,  15  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books 
furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Obstetrical  experience 
gained  at  another  hospital.  Quarterly  examinations.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated — .  Address  the  Supt. ,  Sister 
Gonzaga.     {Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  This  school  is  controlled  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  but  admits  Protestant 
nurses. 

Children's  Hospital  —  Huntington  Avenue. 

100  beds.  Cases  treated  in  1895,  707  (and  2,755  in  the 
Out- Patient  department),  415  boys  (137  medical),  292  girls 
(122  medical).  20  nurses,  —  probationers.  Ages,  18  to  30. 
Admission  during  \  ay.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
additional  33  months.  Applications  in  1895,  150;  accepted  15, 
9  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  8.  Off  duty, 
weekly,  16  hours.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Monthly  examina- 
tions. Uniforms  furnished.  All  have  individual  bedrooms. 
School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  60,  The  Hospital 
is  in  charge  of  the  "Sisters  of  St.  Margaret,"  an  Episcopal 
order  whose  chief  work  is  nursing,  but  probationers  are 
admitted  regardless  of  creed.  Graduation  month,  June. 
Address  the  Lady  Superintendent,  Sister  Caroline. 

Note  —  In  the-last  year  of  training,  nurses  also  have  four  months'  instruction  in 
the  Infants'  Hospital,  37  Blossom  Street,  and  four  months  in  the  private  hospital 
in  charge  of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Margaret.  Each  applicant  must  send  a  recent 
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MASSACHUSETTS  —  Boston  —  Infants'  Hospital  ~  37 
Blossom  Street. 

1 7  beds.  Essentially  medical  —  has  a  few  surgical  cases. 
No  obstetrical  department.  Cases  treated  in  1895,  147 
(118  medical),  and  2,048  out-patients. 

9  nurses.  Only  graduates  "  from  some  well-recognized 
school"  admitted  —  February  i  and  October  15.  Training 
term,  3^  to  4  months.  No  pay.  $35  allowed  for  personal 
expenses.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  weekly,  16  hours.  Ex- 
amination at  end  of  course.  Uniforms  furnished.  Most 
nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  School  founded,  1895. 
Has  graduated  18.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
C.  W.  Cayford.  {Graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital,  Boston?) 

Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  — 
176  Charles  Street. 

Beds:  Men  43,  Women  40,  Children  15.  Total  98.  Cases 
treated,  1896,  1,197  (695  nien,  502  women).  20,904  Dispen- 
sary patients.  15  nurses,  —  probationers.  (No  probation 
required.)  Training,  4  months.  Ages,  25  to  40.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  44.  18  accepted.  Pay,  $15.  Duty  hours,  13. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  and  evening  weekly. 
Uniforms  furnished.  Examination  every  4  months.  School 
founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  20.  Address  the  Supt,  of 
Hospital,  Dr.  Farrar  Cobb.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss 
Gertrude  E.  Everts.  {Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hos- 
pital, Boston.^ 

Note  —  The  course  is  open  only  to  nurses  holding  diplomas  from  some  recog- 
nized school.     A  new  Hospital  building  is  erecting. 

Massachusetts  General  Hospital — Blossom  St. 

Beds:  142  men,  117  women.  Total  259.  No  obstetrical 
department.  Cases  treated  in  1895,  3,749  (2,266  men, 
1,483  women),  1,299  medical,  2,450  surgical,  112  children, 
29,000  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance  service.  76  nurses, 
6  probationers.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, additional  23  months.  Applications,  1895,  840;  ac- 
cepted,— .  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  1354^.  Off  duty,  weekly, 
16  hours  or  more.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Instruction  in  Cookery  for  Invalids.  All  class  instruction 
is  given  in  duty  hours.  Quarterly  examinations.  Nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  School  founded,  1873.  Has 
graduated  399.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Maria  B.  Brown. 
{Graduate  of  this  School.) 


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A  POST-GRADUATE  course  has  been  established  at  the 
Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  for 
special  work  in  diseases  and  care  of  eye  and  ear  cases. 
No  other  and  similar  hospital  affords  better  or  more  varied 
training  in  its  specialty  than  this,  and  nurses  who  desire  a 
thorough,  all-round  experience  should  not  fail  to  avail  them- 
selves of  it. 

Graduates  from  any  regular  two  years'  training  school  are 
received.  The  number  which  can  be  received  does  not  exceed 
twenty,  hence  application  should  be  made  as  long  in  advance 
as  possible. 

The  course  consists  of  four  months'  practical  work  in  the 
ophthalmic  and  aural  wards  and  out-patient  clinics.  (There  is 
no  probationary  term.) 

Lectures  are  given  each  week  by  members  of  the  hospital 
staff.  Fifteen  dollars  per  month  is  allowed  for  expenses,  and 
uniforms  are  furnished  free. 

During  the  year  ending  November  1st,  I896,  1,197  patients 
were  treated  in  the  house,  a  daily  average  of  75.  In  the  out- 
patient departments  there  were  20,904  new  patients.  Total 
new  and  old  patients,  61,479. 

The  new  hospital  building  will  be  finished  early  in  1 899,  to 
take  the  place  of  the  present  one,  which  is  much  too  small  for 
the  large  number  of  patients  treated. 

Application  may  be  made  to  Dr.  FARRAR  COBB,  Super- 
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Any  graduate  desiring  proficiency  in  care  of  cases  of 
nervous  and  mental  diseases  can  enter  the  McLean  Hospital 
Training  School,  Waverley,  Mass.,  for  one  year.  Dioloma 
will  be  given  by  that  school  also. 

Massachusetts  Homeopathic  Hospital  —  East  Concord  St. 

Beds:  156  (of  which  6  for  children).  No  obstetrical  de- 
partment, but  each  nurse  has  two  months'  experience  in 
such  work  in  connection  with  the  Dispensary.  Cases  treated 
in  1895,  1,191.  Ambulance  service.  44  nurses,  4  proba- 
tioners. Ages,  23  to  35.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
additional  2  years.  Applications,  1895,  97;  accepted,  26. 
Pay,  $8.75.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  5  hours 
Sunday,  and  half  day  each  week.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A 
separate  Nurses'  Home.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  case 
given.  School  founded,  1885.  Has  graduated  1 2 1 .  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Alice  A.  Griswold.  {Graduate  of 
the  Homeopathic  Hospital^  Pittsburgh.^ 

New  England  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  -  Dimock 
Street. 

Beds:  Women  94,  Children  6,  Babies  20.  Total  120. 
Cases  treated  in  1895,  59^  (surgical  172,  medical  231,  ob- 
stetrical 193).  20  nurses,  —  probationers.  Ages,  21  to 
35.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional. 
Applications,  1895,  20.  10  accepted;  all  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half 
day  weekly  and  half  day  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Each  nurse  has  2  months' 
Dispensary  work.  A  Post-Graduate  course  offered.  Bi- 
monthly examinations.  Head  nurses  have  individual  bed- 
rooms. District  nursing  is  done.  School  founded,  1863. 
Has  graduated  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  C.  D.  Noyes. 
{Graduate  of  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital. ) 

(All  the  physicians  of  this  hospital  are  women.) 

St.  Elizabeth's  Hospital  —  61  West  Brookline  Street. 

Beds :  80,  all  for  women.  (Gynaecology  is  the  specialty  of 
this  hospital.)     Cases  treated  in  1895,  — . 

22  nurses,  i  or  2  probationers.  Ages,  21  to  33.  Proba- 
tion, 6  months.  Training,  additional  30  months.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  54.  12  accepted;  10  of  whom  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $8.67.  Duty  hours,  12,  and  12  off  duty  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Lectures 
on  massage.     Nurses  go  out,  also,  on  obstetric  cases.     An- 


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nual  examinations.    School  founded  in  1895.    Post-Graduate 
course.    Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Susan  M.  Foley.     (Gradu- 
ate of  the  Boston  City  Hospital. ) 
The  School's  Motto  is  Charity. 


Note  — This  School  is  controlled  by  a  Catholic  order  the  Sisters  of  St.  Francis, 
but  Protestants  are  admitted  as  probationers. 

Brockton  —  Brockton  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  10,  Women  10.  Children  2,  Pay  patients  4. 
Total  26.     Cases  treated,  1895,  — • 

6  nurses, —  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
22  months  additional.  Applications,  1895,  20;  4  accepted. 
Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  after- 
noon and  evening  weekly,  4  hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Obstetrical  experience  only  in  outside  work. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded  1897.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss 
Grace  B.  Beattie.  {Graduate  of  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital,  Bosto7i.) 

Brookline  —  Free  Hospital  for  Women  —  Pond  Avenue  and 
Glen  Road. 

Beds  :  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,261.  10  nurses, — proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  9  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  2  1  to  35.  Admission,  October  I.  Applications, 
1895,  40.  16  accepted;  10  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily  for  4  days,  half  day 
weekly,  6  hours  Sunday.  All  have  individual  bedrooms. 
No  obstetrical  department.  Quarterly  examinations.  School 
founded  1895.  Graduation  month,  July.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  H.  J.  Ewin.  (Graduate  Afitia  f agues  Hospital,  Ncw- 
buryport,  Mass.) 

Note— Thi.s  School  is  open  only  to  graduate  nurses.  The  Hospital  is  exclusively 
surgical. 

Clinton  —  Clinton  Hospital. 

Beds:  5  men.  10  women,  3  pay  patients.  Total  i8.  Cases 
treated  1895,  62  (27  men,  35  women),  27  medical,  35 
surgical. 

10  nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  30.  Admis.sion  in  June. 
Applications,  1895,  ^5  ."  5 accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$10.  Duty  hours,  13^^.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Outside  obstetrical  experi- 
ence. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded  1893. 
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Address  the  Matron,   Mrs.   M.   E.   Rollins.     The  Supt.  of 
Nurses  is  Miss  Ella  Freeze.      {Graduate  of  this   School.) 
The  School's  Motto  is  Ich  Dikn. 

Fall  River  — Emergency  Hospital  (Home  Training  School 
for  Nurses)  —  loi  Rock  Street. 

Beds:  Men  7,  Women  4,  Children  4.  Total  15.  Cases 
treated  1895,  89  (and  170  dispensary),  56  si^'-y^ical,  33 
medical.  25  nurses, — probationers.  Probation,  j  months. 
Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  21.  10  accepted.  Pay,  $7.92.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  weekly,  and  half  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  (4)  furnished.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Outside  obstetrical  experience.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded  1894.  Has  graduated  4.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.  pro  tern,  Miss  Abbie  A.  Bliss.  {Gradu- 
ate Boston  City  Hospital.) 

NoTK  —  This  Hospital  is  Surgical  and  P^mergency. 

Fall  River  Hospital  —  490  Prospect  Street. 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  20.  Total  35.  Cases  treated  1896, 
180  (76  men,  104  women),  102  medical,  148  surgical. 

10  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  6. 
All  accepted  and  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours, 
13.  Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  weekly,  4  hours 
Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  Massage.  Annual 
examinations.  School  founded  1888.  Has  graduated  13. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  M.  M.  Brownrigg. 
{Graduate  Lowell  General  Hospital.) 

Fitchburg  —  Burbank  Hospital. 

Beds:  30  (4  for  children).  Cases  treated,  1895,  155  (64 
medical,  4  obstetric,  87  surgical  (25  accidents).  Ambulance 
service.  4  to  6  nurses,  i  or  2  probationers.  Probation,  3 
months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  33. 
Applications,  1895,  17.  6  accepted;  3  became  nurses.  Pay, 
|8.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day 
weekly,  3  to  5  hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Uni- 
forms and  text-books  furnished.  Lectures  on  mas.sage.  Ob- 
stetric experience,  emergency  cases  in  private  rooms,  and 
district  nursing.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded 
1894.  Has  graduated  3.  Graduation  month,  — .  Address 
the  Supt.,  Miss  Elizabeth  Sumner.  {Graduate  of  the  IVal- 
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MASSACHUSETTS  —  Holyoke  —  Holyoke  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  17,  Womeu  17,  Pay  patients,  9.  Total  43. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  168.  98  medical,  70  surgical,  95  women, 
73  men.  Ambulance  service.  12  nurses,  i  probationer. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  32.  Applications,  1895,  14.  — accepted;  6  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  weekly, 
half  day,  i  evening,  and  i  hour  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Text-books  furnished.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded  1893.  Has  gradu- 
ated 8.  Graduation  month,  October,  Address  the  Supt. 
of  Nurses,  Miss  C.  E.  Tower.  {Graduate  0/  the  House  oj 
Mercy  {Bishop  Memorial  School),  Pittsjield,  Mass.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Ut  Prosim. 

Lawrence  —  Lawrence  General  Hospital — 133  Methuen  St. 

Beds:  Men  14,  Women  14,  Children  2.  Total  30.  Cases 
treated  in  1895,  283  (163  men,  120  women),  iii  medical,  172 
surgical.  10  nurses, — probationers.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Proba- 
tion, 2  months.  Training,  additional  22  months.  Applications, 
1895,  — •  Accepted,  — ;  5  of  whom  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$10.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  weekly,  i  afternoon,  i 
evening,  i  hour  every  other  day,  4  hours  Sunday.  Vacations, 
2  weeks.  Admissions,  July  and  December.  Textbooks  are 
furnished.  L^ectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  department. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded  1882.  Has 
graduated  46.  Registry,  Instruction  in  Cookery  for  Invalids, 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Ida  A, 
Nutter.     (  Graduate  Boston  City  Hospital. ) 

Note  — School  is  under  control  of  the  Ladies'  Union  Charitable  Society. 

Lowell  —  Lowell  General  Hospital — Varnum  Avenue. 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  20,  Private  Patients,  9.  Total  44. 
Cases  treated  in  1895,  220  (74  medical).  12  nunses,  —  pro- 
bationers. Applications  received  in  June,  July  and  August. 
Ages,  20  to  35.  Number  accepted  1895,  6;  all  of  whom 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
I  hour  daily  and  2  afternoons  weekly.  All  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruction  in  Cookery  for 
invalids.  Annual  examinations.  Graduation  month,  June, 
School  case  given  if  possible.  School  founded  1893.  Has 
graduated  6.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  M.  K. 
Phillips,  {Graduate  of  the  Kingston  {Canada)  General 
Hospital,  and  of  the  Post  -  Gradjiate  Course,  N.  Y.  Cancer 
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Beds:  Men  25,  Women  and  Children  50.  Total  75. 
Cases  treated  in  1895,  823  (384  men,  439  women),  medical, 
420,  obstetric,  17.     Ambulance  service. 

15  nurses,  2  probationers.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Probation 
period,  2  months.  Training,  additional  22  months.  Appli- 
cations, 1895,  50.  12  accepted;  9  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  15  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  A  .separate  Nurses'  home. 
No  obstetrical  department.  Quarterly  examinations.  School 
founded  1893.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month,  De- 
cember. Post-Graduate  Cour.se.  Addre.ss  the  Supt. ,  Sister- 
Superior  Camilla.    (  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  This  School  i3  under  control  of  the  Catholic  Sisters  of  Charity,  but 
Protestants  are  admitted  as  nurses. 

Lynn  —  Lynn  Hospital  —  Boston  Street. 

Beds  :  52.  Cases  treated,  1895,  551  (325  men,  226  women), 
209  medical,  339  surgical,  6,556  Dispen.sary  patients  (905 
gynaecological,  905  eye  and  ear).  Ambulance  service. 
9  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  30. 
4  accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.50.  Duty  hours, 
13.  OfT  duty,  23  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  All 
have  individual  rooms.  School  founded  1884.  Has  gradu- 
ated 36.  Graduation  month  — .  School  case  given. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Rose  L.  Brainard. 
{^Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Maiden  —  Maiden  Hospital. 

Beds  :  Men  16,  Women  16,  Children  4.  Total  36.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  183.  Men  76  (23  medical).  Women  107  (36 
medical).    No  obstetrical  department,  but  some  outside  work. 

16  nurses,  3  probationers.  Ages,  25  to  35.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  additional  23  months.  Applications  in 
1895,  14-  8  accepted;  5  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty 
hours,  13.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon,  and  4  hours 
Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books  furni.shed  in  part. 
Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Instruction  in  Cookery 
for  invalids.  Examinations  semi-annually.  School  founded 
1893.  Has  graduated  12,  Month  of  graduation  —  . 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Jeanie  E.  Whitmore.  {Graduate 
of  Salem,  Mass.,  Hospital.) 

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Beds:  Men  4,  Women  17,  Infants  2.  Private  Rooms  5. 
Total  28.     Cases  treated,  1895, —. 

14  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 22  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications, 
1895,  15.  7  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.50. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Uniforms  furni.shed.  Lectures  on  massage.  A 
separate  Nurses'  Home.  vSchool  founded,  1894.  Has  gradu- 
ated 4.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mi.ss 
L.  I,  Des  Bri.say.      {Graduate  Nnvton  {Mass.)  Hospital.) 

The  Motto  of  the  School  is  Tkmpus  Fugit. 

Newburyport  —  Anna  Jaques  Hospital. 

Beds:  18.  Cases  treated,  1895,  117  (75  men),  71  medi- 
cal, 46  surgical,  64  women.  6  nurses,  i  or  2  probationers. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Applications,  1895,  7.  5  accepted  ;  2  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10.50.  Duty  hours,  13.  OiT  duty,  15  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Aprons  and  caps  furnished. 
All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No 
obstetrical  department,  but  some  outside  work.  Quarterly 
examinations.  School  founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  18. 
Graduation  month,  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Sarah  A. 
ly.  Tirrell.     (  Graduate  of  Boston  City  Hospital. ) 

Newton  —  (P.  0.  Newton  Lower  Falls)  Newton  Hospital. 

Beds  :  Men  20,  Women  20,  Children  20,  Children  under  2, 
8,  Pay  patients  14.  Total  82.  Cases  treated,  1895,  614 
(Men  282).     Medical  385,  surgical  177,  obstetrical  28. 

Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  8  probationers.  Ages, 
23  to  35.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  additional  35 
months.  Applications  in  1895,  140.  18  accepted;  12  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $10,  Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily,  2  afternoons  each  week.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Uniforms  furnished.  Nurses  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Examinations,  — .  School  founded,  1890.  Has 
graduated  52.  Graduation  month,  June.  School  case  given. 
Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Annie  McDowell. 
(  Graduate  of  the  London  Hospital. ) 

New  Bedford  —  St.  Luke's  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  20,  Women  20,  Children  4,  private  rooms  6. 
Total  50.  Cases  treated,  1896,  503  (252  men,  251  women), 
119  medical  (13  obstetric),  384  surgical  (63  emergency). 
14  nurses,  2  probationers.     Probation,  3   months.     Train- 


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iiig,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Pay,  $10.  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  17^  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  20.  Address 
the  Supt.,  Miss  Je.SvSie  I.  Howard.    (^Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

North  Adams  —  North  Adams  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  10,  10  private  rooms.     Total  32. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  346  (139  men,  207  women),  i66 
surgical,  180  medical  (20  ob.stetric),  39  gynaecological. 

Ambulance  service.  18  nurses,  2  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  month.  Training,  2  years.  Ages,  22  to  35. 
Applications,  1.S96,  27.  ir  accepted;  4  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day 
Sunday.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  One  uniform  furnished. 
Annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  14.  (Graduation 
month,  September.  Address  the  Chairman  of  the  School, 
Mrs.  John  liracewell.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Ida  13. 
Pike.      {Graduafi'  of  N.  V.  City  Hospital.) 

Note —  Both  schools  of  medicine  practise  at  this  hospit.il. 

North  Dan  vers  —  Danvers  Lunatic  Hospital. 

Beds:  1,000.  Cases  treated,  1895,  Men  681,  Women  687. 
Total  1,368.  52  nurses,  4  probationers.  Ages,  between  23 
and  35.     Probation,    i  or  2  months.     Training,  additional 

2  years.  Applications,  1895,  75.  45  accepted,  of  whom  30 
became  nurses.    Pay,  $16.    Duty  hours,  12  or  14.    Off  duty, 

3  hours  daily.  Vacation,  ist  year,  2  weeks,  2d  year,  three. 
Some  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  (A  Nurses'  Home  is 
building. )  Lectures  on  ma.ssage.  But  few  surgical  cases. 
No  obstetrical  department,  but  an  occa.sional  case,  and 
l-^ctures  on  the  subject.  Quarterly  examinations.  Gradua- 
tion month,  June.  School  founded  1889.  Has  graduated 
28.  Post-Graduate  Course.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Grace 
G.  Pillsbury.     ( Graduate  Boston  City  Hospital.  ) 

Pittsfield  —  House  of  Mercy  Hospital. — (Henry  W.  Bishop, 
3d  Memorial  Training  School. ) 

Beds:  Men  — ,  Women  — ,  Children  9.  Total  58.  Cases 
treated  in  1895,  337  (173  men),  164  medical  and  116  surgi- 
cal, 199  women  (obstetrical  and  gynaecological  74). 

Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  2  or  3  probationers.  Ages, 
20  to  25.  Probation,  3  months.  Training,  additional  23 
months.  Applications,  1895,  — .  32  accepted;  19  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12^.  Off  duiy,  ig>^ 
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compare  favorably  with  many  much  larger,  in  the  vital  points 
of  successful  "-urgery  and  low  death-rate.  Its  location,  in  a 
manufacturing  and  railroad  centre,  naturally  results  in 
bringing  it  a  large  number  of  surgical  cases,  thereby  giving 
its  nurses  excellent  training  in  this  branch  of  work,  as  well 
as  in  general  medical  cases. 

In  surroundings  it  is  especially  favored,  being  upon  the 
hillside  overlooking  the  city,  yet  within  half  a  mile  of  the 
centre  of  business.  Thus  its  buildings  are  open  on  all  sides 
to  air  and  light  —  making  it  an  ideally  healthful  and  cheer- 
ful residence  for  nurses  while  acquiring  their  training.  The 
course  is  two  years,  and  the  excellent  records  of  the  nurses 
graduated  proves  that  a  small  hospital  with  a  variety  of 
cases  may  give  more  individual  training  (and  hence  a 
better  equipment  for  subsequent  independent  work)  than 
a  large  one. 

Candidates  for  admission  to  the  Training  School  must  be 
between  twenty-two  and  thirty-fiv^e,  of  good  education  and 
character  and  vigorous  health.  Without  this  last  no  one 
can  hope  to  succeed  in  a  profession  which  makes  great 
demands  alike  on  bodily  vigor,  mental  poise,  and  personal 
force.  Only  the  best  is  good  enough  for  the  sacred  work  of 
nursing  the  sick.  For  such  there  is  always  "room  at  the 
top  "  —  or  at  this  school  —  and  there  is  noi  room  for  any 
others. 

Those  who  think  they  can  come  up  to  the  requirements 
may  address,  for  circular  of  detailed  information, 

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is  one  of  the  Cottage  Hospitals.  Almost,  if  not  quite,  the  first  of  these  to 
organize  a  Training  School  for  Nurses  as  a  part  of  its  management,  it  now 
has  numerous  graduates  doing  most  excellent  work  in  Pittsfield  and  sur- 
rounding cities. 

This  School  offers  many  advantages  for  the  training  of  nurses.  Its 
single  rooms  and  small  wards  give  the  nurse  practical  work  as  nearly  as 
possible  like  what  will  come  to  her  later  in  the  homes  of  her  patients. 

Her  work  is  varied  —  excellent  surgeons  bring  to  her  care  patients 
who  have  had  most  difficult  and  delicate  operations,  requiring  careful  and 
skilled  attention. 

Obstetrical  patients  afford  her  work  of  that  important  class. 

The  care  of  acute  medical  diseases  educates  her  power  of  observation, 
her  quickness  to  meet  emergencies,  and  \  er  skill  of  touch. 

In  the  care  of  chronic  diseases  she  leirns  thoughtful  consideration  for 
the  weariness  of  body  and  the  impatiert  fietfulness  of  worn-out  nerves, 
which  comes  to  humanity  which  has  had  lonj;  suffering. 

Skilled  oculists  have  a  well-attended  diiic  every  day  —  patients  who 
need  operative  work  or  frequent  attention  remaining  in  the  hospital  in 
are  of  the  nurses. 

The  young  woman  who  thinks  she  wants  to  be  a  nurse  should  be  sure 
before  entering  her  application  that  she  does  not  want  to  fill  any  other 
position,  and  that  she  does  want  to  care  for  the  sick.  If  she  faints  easily, 
if  she  has  frequent  headaches,  if  she  is  nervous,  if  she  finds  it  hard  to  be 
directed,  if  she  is  accustomed  to  say  "  I  forgot,"  if  little  or  large  things  fret 
her  easily,  if  she  feels  that  in  the  past  she  has  not  been  appreciated,  if  she 
has  been  a  member  of  some  other  school — she  is  not  wanted  in  this 
hospital. 

Whatever  advantages  of  education  or  culture  a  woman  has  had  will  be 
of  service  to  her  as  a  nurse.  If  what  she  has  so  far  done  in  life  has  been 
well  done  —  whether  it  has  been  to  learn  or  to  teach  —  in  the  schoolroom 
or  at  home  —  she  will  be  the  better  nurse  for  the  discipline.  Applicants 
must  be  between  20  and  25  years  old.    Address 

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books  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in 
Cookery  for  invalids.  For  obstetric  experience  the  nurses 
go  to  the  Brooklyn  (N.  Y.)  Maternity  Hospital.  Examin- 
ations, — .  School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  106. 
Graduation  month,  August.  Address  Mrs.  S  N.  Rus.sell, 
781  North  St.,  Pittsfield,  Mass.  The  Supt.  of  the  School 
is  Miss  Anna  G.  Clement.  {Gtadiiaie  0/ the  Conn.  Training 
School — New  Haven  Hospital.^ 

Quincy  —  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  13,  Women  6,  Children  2,  Pay  patients  4. 
Total  25. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  197  (103  men),  medical  96,  surgical 
loi.  6  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35,  Applications, 
1895,  12.  5  accepted  ;  2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty 
hours,  10^.  Off  duty,  half  day  weekly,  i  evening  weekly, 
13^  hours  week  days,  4  hours  Sunday,  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  No 
obstetrical  department.  Quarterly  examinations.  School 
founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  12.  Graduation  month,  — . 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Blanche  M.  Thayer.  {^Graduate 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston.) 

Roxbury  —  (Boston)  — Woman's  Charity  Club  Hospital  — 
Parker  Hill  Avenue. 

Beds  :  25,  all  women.     Cases  treated,  1895,  — . 

18  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, 23  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Pay,  $8.90. 
Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  weekly,  i  hour  daily,  2  on  Sun- 
day, I  afternoon  each  week.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruc- 
tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  No  obstetrical  department,  but 
outside  experience  in  second  year.  Quarterly  examinations. 
School  founded,  1896.  Address  the  Resident  Physician, 
Dr.  Mary  Paulsen.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Mabel  I. 
Walsh.     {Graduate  Boston  City  Hospital.) 

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Salem  —  Salem  Hospital. 

Beds  :  Men  19,  Women  2:,  Infants  3,  7  private.    Total  50. 

Cases  treated,  1894,  295  (150  men),  153  medical,  142 
surgical  (15  obstetrical). 

Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  i  probationer.  Ages,  23 
to  35.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional. 
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$12.  Duty  hours,  i2>4.  Off  duty,  16  hours  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 3  weeks.  Text-books  furni.shed  first  year.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Examinations 
quarterly.  At  graduation  a  case  of  in.struments  and  a 
badge  are  given.  School  founded,  1880.  Has  graduated  48. 
Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Martha  P.  Parker. 
(^Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston.) 
The  School's  Motto  is  Officio  Fidkus. 

Somerville  —  Somerville  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  10,  Women  10,  Children  7,  Private  rooms  11. 
Total  38.  Cases  treated,  1895,  301  (112  men,  156  women, 
33  children),  68  surgical,  171  medical,  12  obstetric. 
346  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance  service.  21  nurses, 
4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  50.  14  ac- 
cepted ;  13  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.50,  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon,  2  evenings.  Vacation, 
3  weeks,  Lectures  on  massage.  Outside  obstetrical  ex- 
perience. Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1893. 
Has  graduated  8.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  E.  J.  Gordon. 
( Graduate  Boston  City  Hospital. ) 

South  Framingham  —  Framingham  Hospital  —  Winthrop 
Street. 

Beds:  — .     Cases  treated,  1895, — . 

—  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  2  months, 
ing,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  40, 
and  September,  Applications,  1895,  26. 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.50,  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  i  afternoon  and  evening,  half  Sunday,  Vaca- 
tion, 4  weeks.  Uniforms  and  most  text-books  furnished. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Quarterly  examinations.  School 
founded,  1893,  Has  graduated  12,  Graduation  month, 
June,  Registry,  Address  the  Supt,,  Miss  Annabel  L- 
Stewart,     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Springfield  —  Springfield  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  21,  Women  21,  Children  3,  Infants  3,  Pay- 
patients  2.  Total  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  355  (196  men, 
135  women),  196  medical,  135  surgical.  16  nurses,  —  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  8;  all  accepted;  all 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty, 
I  afternoon  and  evening,  i  hour  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.     No  obstetrical  department.     Three 


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examinations  annually.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  — .  Graduation 
month,  December.  Registry.  Addre.ss  the  vSupt.,  Miss 
lyUcy  G.  Fi.sk,     {Gradtiate  City  Hospital,  Worcester,  Mass.) 

NoTK  —  A  physical  exaiiiiiiatioii  is  recjuired  of  probationers. 

Taunton  —  Morton  Hospital. 

Beds  :  Men  — ,  Women  — .  Total  20.  Cases  treated  in 
1895,  200  (40  medical).  6  nurses,  i  or  2  probationers. 
Ages,  20  to  35.  Probation,  3  months.  Training,  21  months 
additional.  Applications,  1895,  12.  3  accepted  ;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10  Duty  hours,  11  daily.  Off  duty,  15 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  All 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No 
obstetrical  department,  but  some  private  ca.ses  outside. 
Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1888.  Has 
graduated  17.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Ella 
Sears.     {Graduate  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  Bedford,  Mass.) 

Tewksbury  —  State  Almshouse  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  250,  Women  122,  Children  10,  Infants  20. 
Total  402.  Cases  treated,  1896,  3,106,  2,468  medical  (1,583 
men,  885  women),  105  obstetric,  658  surgical  (503  men, 
155  women).  Ambulance  service.  21  nur.ses,  i  probationer. 
Probation,  3  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages, 
20  to  25.  Applications,  1896,  40.  19  accepted;  4  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $20.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  i  afternoon  weekly,  i  Sunday  each  month.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Quarterly  examinations. 
School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  8.  Address  the  Supt. 
of  Hospital,  Dr.  H.  B.  Howard.  The  Supt.  of  School  is 
Miss  Clara  V.  Stevens.  {Graduate  Massachtisetts  General 
Hospital,  Bosto7i.) 

Waver  ley — McLean  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds:  Men  80,  Women  80.  Total  160.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  270.  98  nurses  (53  women,  45  men).  Probationers, 
I  to  6  men,  2  to  8  women.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
80  men,  57  women.  Accepted,  53  men,  30  women;  16  men 
and  17  women  became  nurses.  Pay,  men  $26,  women  $17.33. 
Graduates  receive :  men  $30,  women  $25.  Duty  hours, 
men  15,  women  i^%.  Off  duty,  weekly — .  Vacation,  2  weeks 
(graduates  have  three).  Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms. 
I,ectures  on  massage.     Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.    No 


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obstetrical  department.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1882.  Has  graduated  69  men  and  162  women. 
Address  the  Medical  Supt.,  Dr.  Edward  Cowles.  The 
Supt.  of  the  Training  School  is  Miss  Lucia  E.  Woodward. 
(Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  Women  graduates  of  this  School  can  also  graduate  from  the  Massachu- 
setts General  Hospital,  Boston,  after  one-year's  training  there. 

Worcester — City  Hospital . 

Beds:  Men  76,  Women  50,  Pay-patients  7,  Isolation 
Ward,  6.  Total  139.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,576  (1,179  men, 
341  women),  1,021  .surgical  (600  accident  ca.ses),  499  medi- 
cal, 43  obstetrical.  Ambulance  service.  30  nur.ses,  3  or  4 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  ad- 
ditional. Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  50.  26  ac 
cepted ;  18  became  nurses.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  10. 
Off  duty,  14  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms 
furnished  in  part.  Lectures  on  massage.  Nurses  have  one- 
month' s  service  at  contagious  diseases  hospital.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  A  Nunses'  Home  is  building.  Quarterly 
examinations.  School  founded,  1882.  Has  graduated  90. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  C.  A.  Peabody.  The 
Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Rachel  A.  Metcalfe.  {Graduate  of 
this  School.) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  city  government. 

Worcester  —  City  Hospital  —  Male  Training  School. 

3  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Pay,  $22.  Duty  hours, 
10.  Off  duty,  12  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded, — .  Has  graduated  2. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Dr.  Chas.  A.  Peabody. 

Note  — This  is  the  only  general  hospital  in  New  England  which  has  a  school 
for  male  nurses. 

MICHIGAN  —  Ann  Arbor  —  University  of  Michigan  Hos- 
pitaL 

Beds:  Men  38,  Women  38,  Maternity  Ward  5.  Total  81. 
Private  Ambulance  service.  Cases  treated,  1894,  1.502  (869 
men,  633  women),  349  surgical  (236  men,  113  women),  243 
medical,  803  eye,  ear,  etc.,  833  gynaecological,  142  nervous. 

12  nurses,  — probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, 23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications, 
1895,  24.  6  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.40. 
Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  i  day  weekly.  Vacation,  3 
months   (Summer).      Semi-annual   examinations.      School 


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for  Nurses. 

A  Department  of  the  City  Hospital, 

of   WORCESTER,   Hass., 

receives  pupils  from  23  to  35  years  old,  as  vacancies  occur.  The 
training  comprises  didactic  and  practical  instruction  in  the  work  of 
the  medical,  surgical  and  obstetrical  wards,  as  well  as  actual  experi- 
ence in  the  care  of  the  various  contagious  diseases.  The  latter  is  an 
exceedingly  valuable  adjunct  to  a  nurse's  course  of  study,  and  is 
found  at  but  few  hospitals.  In  addition  to  the  practical  work  in  the 
wards,  the  regular  recitations,  and  an  extensive  lecture  course,  the 
Diet  Kitchen,  the  Out-Patient  Service,  and  the  special  work  and 
training  of  the  Operating  Room  combine  to  make  the  course  especially 
valuable  and  complete.  The  "fracture  experience"  gained  by  the 
pupils'  attendance  on  the  600  accident  cases  received  yearly  is  ex- 
ceedingly valuable. 

Applicants  must  present  satisfactory  evidence  of  sound  health, 
good  character  and  fair  education ;  and  must  possess  marked  ability 
to  be  accepted  as  pupils. 

The  Hospital  also  offers  similar  training  to  a  limited  number  of 
young  men  desirous  of  becoming  nurses,  and  is  the  only  general 
hospital  in  New  England  having  such  a  department. 

For  further  information,  application  may  be  made  to 


Df.  CHARLES  A.  PEABODY, 

the  Supertntendent  of  the  City  Hospital, 


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founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  19.  Graduation  month,  — . 
Registry.  Address  Mr.  H.  W.  Clark,  Supt.  of  Hospital,  or 
Dr.  Wm.  J.  Herdman.  The  Lady  Supt.  is  Miss  Anna  R. 
Harrison.     {Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Ann  Arbor  —  University  of  Michigan  Hospital  (Homeo- 
pathic). 

Beds :  23. 

Cases  treated,  1896,  411  (175  men,  236  women),  239 
medical  ( 1 9  ob.stetric ) ,  172  surgical  (87  gynaecological). 

Ambulance  service.  5  nurses,  2  probationers.  Ages,  21 
to  35.  Pay,  $4.16.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  half  day 
weekly,  i  hour  daily,  3  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  3  months. 
Lectures  on  Mas.sage.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  gradu- 
ated 2.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registr>'.  Address  the 
Supt.  of  Hospital,  Mr.  Q.  A.  Turner.  The  Head  Nurse  is 
Miss  Ella  Cumberland,    {Graduate  Grace  Hospital,  Detroit.) 

Detroit  —  Harper  Hospital — John  R.  Street  —  (Farrand 
Training  School.) 

Beds:  Men  55,  Women  55.     Total  no. 

Cases  treated,  1895,  1,692.  1,093  surgical  (554  men,  539 
women),  599  medical  (358  men,  241  women),  375  gynaeco- 
logical, 99  contagious,  2,364  Dispensary  patients. 

Ambulance  service  (535  cases) .  30  nurses,  10  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages, 
25  to  35.  Admission,  April,  May,  October  and  November. 
Applications,  1895,  — .  39  accepted;  21  became  nurses. 
No  pay.  ($100  given  third  year.)  Duty  hours,  8.  Off 
duty,  —  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms, 
shoes  and  text  books  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1883. 
Has  graduated  126.  School  case  given.  Graduation  month, 
April.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  S.  L.  Rutley. 
( Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  — School  is  under  control  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Grace  (Homeopathic)  Hospital  —  Cor.  John  R.  St.  and 
Willis  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  40,  Women  42,  Children  12.  Pay  28.  Total 
122.  Cases  treated,  1895,  987.  4,53  men  (196  medical,  247 
surgical),  534  women  (162  medical,  169  surgical,  164 
gynaecological,  26  obstetric).  Dispensary  patients,  2,026. 
Ambulance  service  (415  cases).  34  nurses,  —  probationers. 
Probation  2  months.  Training,  24  months  additional.   Ages, 


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21  1035.  Admission,  January  and  July.  Applications,  1895, 
600.  39  accepted;  12  became  nurses.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  No  pay.  ($100 given  at  graduation.)  Duty  hours, 
9  day,  12  night.  Off  duty,  half  day  and  half  Sunday. 
Vacation,  i  month.  (Exceptionally  proficient  graduates  can 
tak'fe  third  year  study.)  Uniforms  furnished.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  90. 
Graduation  months,  January  and  July.  Post-Graduate  course 
for  its  own  graduates.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss 
Margaret  Fleming,  {Graduate  of  this  School.) 
The  School's  Motto  is  EvKR  level,  ever  tt?ue. 

Note. —Although  the  Hospital  is  Homeopathic,  private    patients   can  have 
doctors  of  their  own  school. 

Grace  (Homeopathic)  Hospital  —  Male  Training  School. 

4  nurses.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  18  months  ad- 
ditional. Ages  21  to  35.  Pay,  $1 1.  School  has  graduated  4. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Margaret  Fleming.  {Graduate  of 
this  School. ) 

Grand  Rapids  —  Butter  worth  Hospital  —  Cor.  Bridge  and 
Bostwick  Sts. 

Beds:  60.  Cases  treated,  1895,  395  (104  medical,  105 
surgical,  158  gynaecological,  28  miscellaneous). 

22  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
108.  12  accepted.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  12%.  Off  duty,  2 
hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text  books  furnished. 
Lectures  on  massage.  No  special  obstetrical  department.  A 
separate  Nurses' Home.  School  founded,  189 1.  Has  gradu- 
ated 24.  Graduation  month,  April.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Jessie  Blair.  {Graduate  Illinois  Training  School^ 
Chicago. ) 

Union  Benevolent  Association  Hospital. 

Beds:  60.     Cases  treated,  1895.  — . 

Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation, 
1%  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35. 
Admissions,  January  and  July.  Applications,  1895,  66.  8 
accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off 
duty,  2  half  days  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.-  Uniforms 
furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1886.  Has  graduated  63.  Graduation 
month,  May.  Registry.  Address  the  Principal  of  School, 
Miss  Ida  M.  Barrett.  {Graduate  of  this  School  and  Post- 
Graduate  N.  Y.  Cancer  Hospital. ) 


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MICHIGAN  —  Kalamazoo  —  Michigan  Asylum  for  the 
Insane. 

Beds :  Men  654,  Women  622  (and  40  more  when  depart- 
ment for  acute  mental  disease  opens,  Spring  of  1898). 

146  nurses  (56  men,  90  women).  Probation,  — .  Train- 
ing, 2  years  additional.  Ages,  women  19  to  26,  men,  20  to 
28.  Pay,  $24  to  $35  for  men,  $14  to  $25  for  women.  Duty 
hours,  14  in  Winter,  14^^  in  Summer.  Off  duty,  i  after- 
noon or  evening  weekly,  and  both  afternoon  and  evening 
every  other  week.  Vacation  (without  pay),  2  to  5  weeks. 
Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  189 1.  Has  graduated  45.  Graduation 
month,  April.  Address  the  Medical  Supc. ,  Dr.  William 
M.  Edwards. 


Note  — The  Hospital  is  a  State  Institution.    It  employs  45  of  its  own  graduates. 

Pontiac  —  Eastern  Michigan  Asylum  for  Insane. 

Beds:  543  men,  522  women.  Total  1,065.  100  nurses 
(50  men,  50  women).  20  probationers.  Probation,  3  months. 
Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Pay,  $14 
women,  $20  men,  rising  to  $2 5  for  women,  $35  to  $40  for  men. 
Duty  hours,  14  day,  10  night.  Off  duty,  one  afternoon  and 
evening  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  of  the  nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  ob- 
stetrical department.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1890.  Has  graduated  loi.  Graduation  month,  June.  Post- 
Graduate  course  offered.  Address  the  Medical  Supt. ,  Dr. 
Edmund  A.  Christian. 

Saginaw — Women's  Hospital — 1413  Janes  St.  —  Saginaw 
"E.  S." 

Beds:  16.  Cases  treated,  1895, — .  7  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  35,  Applications,  1895,  12.  4  accepted;  all 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty, 
I  day  weekly  and  half  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text- 
books furnished.  Examination's  at  end  of  course.  School 
founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month, 
January.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Morey.  (^Graduate 
Farrand  Training  School,  Detroit,  Harper  Hospital. ) 

MINNESOTA  —  Fergus  Falls  —  State  Hospital  for  the 
Insane. 

Beds  .  Men  550,  Women  350.  Total  900.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  604  (360  men,  244  women).     85  nurses  (53  men,  32 


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women).  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ag('«5,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  191.  67  accepted. 
Pay,  $24  men,  $18.50  women.  Duty  hours,  14  day,  10 
night.  Off  duty,  2  evenings  and  half  day  every  fortnight. 
Vacation,  i  week.  Most  nurses  and  half  the  probationers 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Slight 
obstetrical  experience.  Annual  examinations.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated 
12.  ( — men, -*- women.)  Graduation  month,  June.  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  Geo.  O.  Welch.  The  Chief 
Nurse  is  Miss  Esther  Hoag.  ( Graduate  Northwestern  Hos- 
pital, Minneapolis. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Not  For.  Ourselvks  ai^onib. 

Minneapolis  —  Asbury  Methodist  Hospital  —  9th  Ave. 
South  and  6th  St. 

Beds:  Men  20,  Women  28,  Children  5.  Total  53.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  585  (261  men,  285  women,  28  children),  474 
surgical,  172  medical,  6  obstetrical.  2,546  Dispensary  patients. 
Ambulance  service  (161  cases).  16  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages, 
23  to  35.  Applications,  1895  — .  10  accepted;  8  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  19  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  3  uniforms  furnished.  L^ectures 
on  massage.  Obstetric  cases  chiefly  outside.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated 
23.  Graduation  month,  October.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss 
Phinette  K.  Bristol.   {Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Note  —  This  School  is  controlled  by  the  M.  E.  Church.    Only  Protestants  are 
admitted  as  nurses. 

City  Hospital  — 625  5th  St.  South. 

Bed.",:  Men  57,  Women  24,  and  10  in  Contagious  Ward. 
Total  91.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,280  (845  men,  435  women,) 
no  contagious,  115  gynaecological,  878  medical  (551  men, 
327  women),  403  surgical  (302  men,  loi  women).  Ambu- 
lance service.  18  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  36. 
Applications,  1895,  54.  8  accepted.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours, 
12.  Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day,  and  half  of  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks  (and  2  weeks  allowed  each  year  for  sick- 
ness). Quarterly  examinations.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1893.  Has 
graduated  16.    Graduation  month,  September.    Address  the 


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Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  C.  G.  Weston,  or  the  Supt.  of  School, 
Mrs.  Anne  E.  Bolton,  {Graduate  Toronto  General  Hospital.^ 

Northwestern  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  —  2627 
Chicago  Avenue. 

Beds:  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  275  (53  men,  199  women), 
123  medical  (90  obstetrical),  195  surgical  (109  gynaecolog- 
ical). Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  —  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages, 
21  upwards.  Applications,  1895,  — .  12  accepted;  all  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $10,  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily,  i  afternoon,  half  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks  "some- 
time during  course."  Lectures  on  massage.  Each  nurse  has 
6  weeks'  obstetrical  experience,  gained  in  another  hospital, 
besides  that  afforded  in  this.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1883.  Has  graduated  66.  Graduation 
month,  June.  School  case  given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Dr. 
Marion  A.  Mead. 


Note  —  All  the  staff  are  women,  but  some  men  patients  are  received  and  treated 
by  physicians  of  their  own  sex. 

Rochester  —  State  Insane  Hospital. 

Beds:  636  men,  464  women.  Total  1,100.  Cases  treated, 
1896,  — .  106  nurses.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23 
months  additional.  Ages,  18  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  325. 
—  accepted.  Pay,  $12  to  $18  for  women,  $18  to  $25  for 
men.  Duly  hours,  15  day,  10  night.  Off  duty,  2  evenings 
weekly,  2  half  days  monthly  and  every  third  Sunday.  Vaca- 
tion, I  week.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  30.  Gradu- 
ation month,  June.  Address  the  Medical  Supt.,  Dr.  Arthur 
F.  Kilbourne. 

St.  Paul — City  and  County  Hospital — Jefferson  Ave.  and 
Colborne  St. 

Beds:  Men  100,  Women  60,  Children  16,  Infants  20,  Pay 
patients  10,  Contagious  Ward  20.  Total  226.  Cases  treated, 
^895,  1,323  (225  surgical,  64  obstetrical).  Ambulance 
service.  20  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  109.  14  accepted;  9  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9. 
Duty  hours,  12^.  Off  duty,  16  hours  weekly.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1892. 
Has  graduated  18.  Graduation  months,  January  and  June. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  M.  Louise  Van  Thuyne.  {^Graduate 
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MINNESOTA  — Minneapolis— St.  Luke's  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  50,  Women  50,  Children  12.  Total  112.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  — .  30  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35. 
Admissions,  May  and  October.  Applications,  1895,  150, 
16  accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  2  hours  daily  and  i  afternoon.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month.  May. 
School  case  given.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Helen 
G.Hill.   {Graduate  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Homeopathic  Hospital.) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church. 

St.  Peter  —  St.  Peter  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds:  Men  565,  Women  443.  Cases  treated,  1885,  969 
(497  men,  472  women).  99  nurses,  6  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages, 
18  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  i73-  ^43  accepted;  34  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  Women  $15,  Men  $21.50.  Duty  hours, 
15  day,  9  night.  Off  duty,  2  evenings.  Vacation,  i  week. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Some 
obstetrical  cases.  School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  97. 
Graduation  month,  June,  A  Post-Graduate  course  offered. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Dr.  H.  A.  Tomlinson. 

Note  —  This  School  is  a  State  Institution,  open  to  both  men  and  women.  Pupils 
are  allowed  to  do  outside  nursing,  when  they  can  be  spared. 

Winona  —  Winona  General  Hospital. 

Bed:  18.  Cases  treated,  1896,  160  (60 men,  100 women), 
41  medical,  118  surgical  (28  gynaecological).  6  nurses,  i 
probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Admission,  Spring  and  Autumn, 
Applications,  1895,  10,  5  accepted ;  3  became  nurses.  No 
pay  ($100  given  at  graduation).  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly,  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text  books  furnished.  Obstetrical 
experience,  entirely  outside  cases.  Annual  examinations. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery,  School  founded,  1895,  Has 
graduated  I,  Graduation  month,  April,  Address  the  Supt. , 
MissE.  D.  Davis,  (^Graduate  Illinois  Training  School, Chicago,) 

Note  —  A  new  Hospital  building  is  soon  to  be  erected. 

MISSOURI  — Kansas  City— Scarritt  Bible  and  Training 
School — Cor.  Harris  and  Askew  Sts. 

Beds:  19,  Cases  treated,  1895,  138  (119  women,  14  men, 
5  children),  38  medical,  40  surgical,  4  obstetric,  no  gynaeco- 


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logical,  5  eye  and  ear.  8  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  50.  6  accepted ;  all  became  nurses.  No 
pay.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  16  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  8. 
Graduation  month,  May.  Registry.  Address  the  Principal, 
Miss  Maria  L.  Gibson.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Emma 
D.  Cushman.     {Graduate  Paterson,  N.J.,  General  Hospital.^ 

Note  —  School  is  controlled  by  Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  M.  B. 
Church,  South.    Only  Christians  admitted. 

St.  Louis  —  Baptist  Hospital — 2945  Franklin  ave. 

Beds:  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  517.  10  nurses, — proba- 
tioners. Probation,  —  months.  Training,  —  months.  Ages, 
22  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  20.  10  accepted;  8  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  two  after- 
noons weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished. 
Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  8.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Addrer-s  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  C.  C. 
Morris.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Emma  Michael. 
(  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Baptist  Church. 

Baptist  Sanitarium  —  909  Taylor  Avenue.  Beds:  Men  20, 
Women  30.  Pay-patients  100.  Total  150.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  1,500  (600  men,  900  women),  900  surgical,  500  medi- 
cal (350  gynaecological,  25  obstetric).  Ambulance  service. 
15  nurses,  9  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Applications,  1895,  25.  9  accepted; 
8  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  10,  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uni- 
forms and  text-books  furnished.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  School  founded,  1895.  Graduation  month,  March. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Dr.  B.  A.  Wilkes.  The  Head  Nurse  is 
Mrs.  F.  E.  S.  Smith,  {Graduate  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital^ 
St.  Louis.  ^ 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Baptist  Church. 

Protestant  Hospital  —  loii  North  i8th  St. 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  15,  Children  3.  Total  33,  Cases 
treated,  1895, — .  Ambulance  service.  10  nurses, — proba- 
tioners.    Probation,  i  month.    Training,  2  years  additional. 


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Ages,  22  to  35.  Admissions,  June  and  October.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  54.  8  accepted;  5  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  and 
I  evening  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks  first  year,  none 
second  year.  Text-books  furnished.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1889. 
Has  graduated  24.  Graduation  month,  November.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Josephine  B.  Rice.  {Graduate  of 
this  School, ) 

Note —  Protestants  only  are  eligible  as  probationers. 

Rebekah  Hospital  —  3564  Caroline  St. 

Beds:  35.  Cases  treated,  1895,  317  (121  men,  196  women), 
103  women  surgical  (84  gynaecological),  8  medical,  i  ob- 
stetric. 9  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  24.  5  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9 
(probation  months  included).     Duty  hours,  12.     Off  duty, 

1  hour  daily,  i  afternoon,  i  evening,  and  2%  hours  on  Sun- 
day. Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  No  obstetrical  department,  but  Senior 
Nurses  have  outside  experience.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  December,  1893.  Has  graduated  — .  Gold 
badge  presented  graduates.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses, 
Miss  M.  Isabel  Forbes.     {Graduate  Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  almost  entirely  surgical. 

St.  Louis  City  Hospital — Lafayette  Avenue. 

Beds :  Men  400,  Women  75.  Children  25.  Total  500. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  10,403  (9,373  men,  1,030  women). 
Ambulance  service.     26  nurses,  6  probationers.     Probation, 

2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  — •  20  accepted;  all  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  17  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Quarterly  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  60. 
Graduation  month,  December.  Registry  for  its  own  gradu- 
ates. Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Emma  L.  Warr.  {Graduate 
of  the  New  York  Hospital. ) 

St.  Luke's  Hospital — 1835  Washington  Ave. 

Beds:  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  449.  Ambulance  service. 
18  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  — . 
20  accepted ;  1 1  became  nurses.  Pay,  $2.50.  Duty  hours,  10. 
Off  duty,  20  hours  weekly.     Vacation,  2  weeks.     Uniforms 


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and  text-books  furnished.  No  obstetrical  department,  but 
experience  obtained  at  another  Hospital.  Annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  34.  Gradua- 
tion month,  May.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs. 
Gertrude  M   Gibson.     (^Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Woman's  Hospital  —  i6th  and  Pine  Sts. 

Beds:  40.  Cases  treated,  1896,  118  (103  surgical). 
Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  3  to  5  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  5.  2  accepted.  No  pay  first  year.  Second, 
one-half  of  what  they  may  earn  in  private  work.  Duty 
hours,  10.  Off  duty,  24  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished.  I<ectures  on  massage. 
School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  3.  Registry.  Apply 
to  the  President,  Dr.  Geo.  F.  Hulbert.  The  Supt.  of  Train- 
ing School  is  Miss  M.  J.  Atcheson.  {^Graduate  of  Free  Sur- 
gical Hospital  for  Women  and  Zince  Maternity,  Cinci7mati.) 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE— Concord— Margaret  Pillsbury  Hos- 
pital. 

Beds:  40.  Cases  treated,  1895,  218  (119  men,  99  women), 
100  medical,  118  surgical.  No  obstetrical  department.  5 
nurses,  2  probationers.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Probation,  1  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours, 
12^.  Off  duty,  weekly,  i  afternoon,  i  evening,  4  hours  on 
Sunday.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1888. 
Has  graduated  17.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Ellen  Smith. 
{Graduate  Boston  City  Hospital.') 

Claremont  —  Cottage  Hospital. 

Beds:  15.  Cases  treated,  1895,  31  (13  men,  18  women), 
13  surgical,  18  medical.  Ambulance  service.  2  nurses,  3 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  24  months 
additional.  Ages,  22  to  36.  Applications,  1895,  14.  5 
accepted.  Pay,  ^9.  Duty  hours,  8.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily.  Some  text  books  furnished.  Nurses  have  individual 
bedrooms.  lycctures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  depart- 
ment. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Examinations,  three 
times  a  year.  School  founded,  1895.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  A.  A.  Smith.  {Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hospital, 
Boston.) 

Hanover  —  Mary  Hitchcock  Memorial  Hospital. 
Beds:  Men  18,  Women  18.     Cases  treated,  1895,  — .     14 
nurses,  i  probationer.     Probation,  2  months.     Training,  22 


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months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications  in  1895,  11. 
7  accepted;  6  became  nunses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  13. 
Off  duty,  20>^  weekly.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical 
department,  but  an  occasional  case.  Semi-annual  examina- 
tions. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded, 
1893.  Has  graduated  5.  School  case  given  when  possible. 
Graduation  month,  — .  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Theresa 
G.  Leach.  {Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hospital^  Boston^ 
and  McLean  Hospital,  Waverley,  Mass.) 

Manchester  —  Elliot  Hospital. 

Beds:  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
10  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
20.  6  accepted;  4  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours, 
13.  Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  and  evening,  i 
evening,  4  hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text 
books  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  8. 
Address  the  Matron,  Miss  Mary  E.  Barr.  {Graduate  Boston 
City  Hospital. ) 

Portsmouth  —  Cottage  Hospital. 

Beds:  30.  Cases  treated,  1896,  154,  89  men,  76  women 
(79  medical,  86  surgical).  8  nurses,  2  probationers.  Ages,. 
19  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  18.  7  accepted;  5  became 
nurses.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  15  or  more 
weekly.  Vacation,  i  month.  Lectures  on  massage.  No 
obstetric  department,  but  some  private-room  cases.  Quar- 
terly examinations.  School  founded,  1891.  Has  graduated 
10.  AddrevSS  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Lizzie  J.  Woods.  {Graduate 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston. ) 

NEW  JERSEY  — Camden  — Cooper  Hospital. 

Beds:  56.  Cases  treated,  1895, 499  (and 2,9 15 out-patients), 
210  medical  (123  men),  267  surgical  (93  women),  90  gynae- 
cological out-patients.  Ambulance  service.  15  nurses,  2 
probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  ad- 
ditional. Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895, — .  — ac- 
cepted. Pay,  $10.50.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  18  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Caps  and  text  books  furnished. 
Lessons  in  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated 
33.  Graduation  month, — .  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Rachael 
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NEW  JERSEY  —  Camden —New  Jersey  Training  School. 

39  pupils.  Training,  2  sessions  of  8  months  each.  Ages, 
18  to  50.  39  applications  accepted  in  1895.  No  pay.  School 
charges  $50  fees  for  tuition.  Lectures  on  massage.  Examina- 
tions at  close  of  each  session.  Sch(X)l  founded,  1889.  Has 
graduated  61.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry.  Address 
the  Secretary,  Dr.  Daniel  Strock,  818  Federal  St.,  Camden. 

Note  —  This  School  provides  for  instruction  without  residence  in  or  cotinection 
with  any  Hospital.  Clinical  and  ditlnctic  instruction  is  fjiven  by  27  physicians  and 
3  nurses  at  several  Camden  Hospitals  and  dispensaries. 

Elizabeth  —  Elizabeth  General  Hospital,  Cor.  Reid  and 
East  Jersey  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  34,  Women  40,  Children  12,  Infants  5,  Pay 
patients  14,  Total  105.  CavSes  treated,  1895,  7^7  (411  men, 
345  women),  265  medical,  277  surgical,  89  gynaecological, 
37  obstetric,  97  children.  Ambulance  service.  23  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  motith.  Training,  3  years 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  22.  18 
accepted;  7  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  — .  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1890. 
Has  graduated  16.  School  case  given.  Graduation  month, 
May.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Mr.  L.  C. 
Curtis.  Directress  of  Nurses,  Miss  M.  M.  Goodrich.  (^Gradu- 
ate of  the  New  York  Hospital. )  •  < 

Hackensack  —  Hackensack  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  20,  Women  15,  Children  5,  Infants  2,  Pay 
patients  8.  Total  50.  Cases  treated,  1896,  391  (221  medi- 
cal, 2  obstetric,  170  surgical,  35  gynaecological),  iii  Dis- 
pensary patients.  Ambulance  service.  8  nurses,  2  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  x  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  22  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  15.  4 accepted; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  All  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1889. 
Has  graduated  15.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss 
Emma  F.  Crum.     {Graduate  of — .) 

Jersey  City  —  Christ  Hospital,  176  Palisade  Avenue. 

Beds:  Men  16,  Women  25,  Infants  19.  Total  60.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  610.  244  medical,  406  surgical,  39  obstetrical. 
Also  391  eye  and  ear.  2,089  dispensary.  Ambulance  service, 
269  cases.    15  nurses,  4  probationers.    Probation,  2  months. 


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Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  — .  7  accepted.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  i2}4. 
Off  duty,  half  day,  i  or  2  hours  daily  and  5  hours  Sunday. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home  —  Some  individual  rooms.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  1890.  Has  gradu- 
ated 17.  Graduation  months,  January  and  June.  Address 
the  Supt.,  Miss  Katharine  Johnston.  (^Graduate  of  the 
New  York  Hospital.^ 

Note— The  Hospital  is  under  the  control  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  but  proba- 
tioners are  admitted  irrespective  of  creed. 

Montclair  —  Mountainside  Hospital. 

Beds  :  Men  12,  Women  15.  Total  27.  Ca.ses  treated,  1895, 
289  (134  men,  155  women),  159  surgical,  130  medical.  Am- 
bulance service.  10  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  2 
months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  25.  2  accepted;  both  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Semi-annual  examinations.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1891.  Has  graduated 
13.  Graduation  month,  November.  Address  the  Supt., 
Mi.ss  Laura  B.  lUick.  (  Graduate  Methodist  Episcopal  Hospital, 
Philadelphia. ) 

Morris  Plains  —  State  Insane  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  580,  Women  580,  Pay  patients  200.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  — .  120  nurses  ( —  men,  — women),  30  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  18  to  36.  Applications,  1896,  256.  32  accepted;  25 
became  nurses.  Pay,  women  $16,  men  $23.50.  Duty  hours, 
12  to  15  day,  9  night.  Off  duty,  2  evenings  and  i  after- 
noon weekly.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  29.  Gradua- 
tion month.  May.  Address  the  Medical  Director,  Dr.  B.  D. 
Evans.  The  Chief  Nurse  is  Miss  Mary  R.  Keegan.  {Gradu- 
ate of  this  School. ) 

Newark  —  Essex  County  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  South 
Orange  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  294,  Women  436,  Infants  2.  Total  732  (in- 
dudrng  50  Pay  patients).  30  nurses  ( —  men,  —  women), 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  311.  6 
accepted ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  women  $15.50,  men  $22. 
Graduates  receive,  women  $20,  men  $28.  Duty  hours,  13 
to  15  day,  10  night.  Off  duty,  2  hours  every  alternate  even- 
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nurses  have  separate  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No 
obstetric  department.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
18S6.  Has  graduated  87.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address 
thf.  Medical  Supt. ,  Dr.  h.  S.  Hinckley.  The  Supervisor  of 
Male  Department  is  Kdward  Conover ;  of  the  Female,  Miss 
Nettie  M.  King.     {Graduates  0/ this  School.) 

Note  — This  School  is  open  only  to  rcHidentH  of  New  Jersey,  preference  being 
g^ven  to  those  of  Essex  County. 

German  Hospital,  Bank  and  Wallace  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  40,  Women  22,  Pay  patients  5.  Total  67. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  15  nurses,  2  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  23 
to  35.  Applications,  1896,  — .  7  accepted;  6  became  nurses. 
Pay.  $5-  Duty  hours,  12  (i  hour  off  if  possible).  Off  duty, 
15  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  (2)  furnished. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  All  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1893.  Has 
graduated  6.  Graduation  month,  September.  $100  given 
at  graduation.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Vina 
McDade.     (  Graduate  Presbyterian  Hospital^  New  York. ) 

Hospital  of  St.  Barnabas,  High  St. 

Beds:  Men  25,  Women  29,  Children  12,  Pay  patients  7. 
Total  74.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  15  nurses,  —  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  50.  14  accepted;  8  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  15 
hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Semi-annual  examina- 
tions. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  School  founded,  1896.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Annie 
E.  Kirchhoff.     {Graduate  Brooklyn  Homeopathic  Hospital.) 

Note — The  School  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church.  Only  Protestants  are 
admitted  as  nurses. 

Newark  City  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  67,  Women  36,  Children  8,  Alcoholic  Ward  4, 
Contagious  Ward  20.  Total  135.  Cases  treated,  1895,  i.43i 
(777  men,  311  women,  343  children),  769  surgical,  708  medi- 
cal, 100  contagious,  59  obstetric.  Ambulance  service.  22 
nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2 
J  irs  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Admissions,  Spring  and 
Autumn.  Applications,  1895,  7i-  ^o  accepted;  8  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $11.25.  Duty  hours,  9^^  day,  iij^  night. 
Off  duty,  2%  hours  daily,  half  day  each  week,  half  of  Sun- 
day.   Vacation,  2  weeks.     Uniforms  furnished.     A  separate 


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tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  Kxamination  at  end  of  second 
year.  School  founded,  1886.  Has  graduated  78.  School 
case  given.  Graduation  month,  February.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Clara  Horrigan.  {Graduate  liellevue  Hospital, 
New  VorA-.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Affero  Spem. 

NoTK  — The  HoHpital  in  controlled  by  the  Hoard  of  Health. 

Orange  —  Orange  Memorial  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  35,  Women  40,  Children  — ,  Infants  5,  Pay 
patients  9.  Total  89.  Cases  treated,  1895,  729  (and  168 
out-patients),  371  men,  358  women  (205  surgical,  504  medi- 
cal). Ambulance  service.  45  nurses,  3  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 3  months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages, 
22  to  40.  Admission,  first  of  every  month.  Applications, 
1895,  — .  Pay,  $6,  and  $75  at  graduation.  D_:y  hours,  9. 
Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  4  hours  Sunday,  half  '^y  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text  books  furnished. 
Separate  Nurses'  Home.  Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Lectures  on  massage.  Yearly 
examinations.  School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  — . 
School  case  frequently  given.  Graduation  month,  October. 
Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Fanny  Sewall  Smith. 
(Graduate  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  St.  Louis.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Arbeit  AdelT. 

Paterson  —  Paterson  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  48,  Women  37,  Children  10,  Infants  5,  Pay 
patients  15.  Total  115.  Cases  treated,  1895,  904  (and  911 
out-patients),  1,250  medical  (328  men),  572  surgical  (242 
gynaecological).  22  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  3 
months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  85.  25  accepted;  16  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  16  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  Examinations,  every  4  months.  School 
founded,  1883.  Has  graduated  47.  Graduation  month, 
June.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Eugenia  D.  Ayers. 
(Graduate  Rhode  Island  Hospital,  Providence.) 

St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  Main  St. 

Beds;  Men  47,  Women  32,  Children  4,  Infants  6,  Private 
rooms  21.  Total  no.  Cases  treated,  1896,  1,395  (864  men, 
458  women),  700  medical  (35  obstetric),  695  surgical,  2,956 
Dispensary  cases.     Ambulance  service.     22  nurses,  2  proba- 


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tioners.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  30,  Applications,  1896,  44.  23  accepted;  15 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  9  day,  12  night.  Off 
duty,  23  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text  books 
furnished.  Some  individual  bedrooms  for  seniors.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  10.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  B.  Macdonnell. 
(^Graduate  of  London  \Canadd\  General  Hospital.^ 

The  School's  Motto  is  "But  the  Greatest  of  ThesK 
IS  Charity." 


Note  — The  Hospital  is  controlled  bj;  a  Catholic  Order,  the  Sisters  of  Charity, 
but  the  School  is  controlled  by  a  Committee,  and  jjrobationers  are  admitted  with- 
out regard  to  creed.  Nurses  have  3  months'  experience  in  nursing  contagious  dis- 
eases, in  another  Hospital,  and  for  this  service  the  Board  of  Health  awards  a  special 
diploma.    The  course  of  training  is  soon  to  be  3  years. 

Plainfield  —  Muhlenberg  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  1 5 ,  Women  1 5 ,  Pay  patients  6.  Total  36. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  183  (96  men,  87  women),  167  Dispen- 
sary patients.  Ambulance  service.  9  nurses,  i  probationer. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages, 
23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  54-  4  accepted;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  half  day 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text  books  furnished.  A 
separate  Nurses'  Home.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  6  weeks'  obstetric  course  in  a  New 
York  hospital.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1894.  Has  graduated  3.  School  case  given.  Graduation 
month.  May.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Louise 
Moss.     (  Graduate  Mount  Sinai  Hospital^  New  York. ) 

Trenton  —  Trenton  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  14,  Women  16,  Children  6,  Pay  patients  4. 
Total  40.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
9  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2 
years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Admission,  first  of  each 
month.  Applications,  1895,  19.  8  accepted ;  5  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half 
day  weekly  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1890.  Has  graduated  II .  School  case  given.  Graduation 
month,  May.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Eugenie 
Hibbard.  (^Graduate  Gen' I  and  Marine  Hospital  [Mack 
Training  School] ,  St.  Catharines,  Canada. ) 

Note — This  School  admits  only  Protestants  as  nurses.    The  Hospital's  practice 
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NEW  YORK  —  Albany  —  Albany  Hospital,  Eagle  and 
Howard  Sts. 

Beds:ioo.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,222.  Ambulance  service. 
25  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  year.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Admission,  Spring  and  Autumn.  Ages, 
22  to  35.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  9.  Vacation,  3  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Examinations  at  close  of  first 
and  third  years.  School  founded,  1897.  Graduation  month, 
June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Emily  J.  MacDonnell. 
(^Graduate  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital ,  Baltimore ^  and  McLean 
Hospital,  Waverley,  Mass, ) 

Note  — When  the  new  Hospital  building  is  completed,  the  number  of  nurses  will 
be  doubled. 

Amsterdam  —  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  14,  Children  i.  Total  27.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  139  (59  men,  80  women),  36  gynaecological, 
48  medical,  55  surgical.  6  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation, 
I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ag:es,  23  to  30. 
Applications,  1896,  20.  8  accepted;  3  becan: .  '  irses.  Pay, 
$8.  Duty  hours,  10  to  12.  Off  duty,  20  to  2^^  urs  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  few  obstetrical  cases.  School  founded, 
1892.  Has  graduated  7.  Graduation  month,  September. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Registry.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Marion  D.  lyingen- 
felter.  (  Graduate  Protestant  Episcopal  Hospital ,  Philadelphia. ) 

Astoria  —  Astoria  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  20,  Women  20,  Children  10,  Pay  patients  6. 
Total  56.  Cases  treated,  1895,  160  (92  medical).  Ambu- 
lance service.  10  nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Ad- 
missions, Spring  and  Fall.  Applications,  1895,  54-  4  ac- 
cepted; all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.50.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  each  week.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Seniors  have  individual  bedrooms.  I<ectures  on 
massage.  Obstetrical  experience  obtained  in  another  hos- 
pital. Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1895. 
Graduation  month,  June.  School  case  given.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Dorothea  Kick.  {Graduate  Mount 
Sinai  Hospital,  New  York.) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Protestant  Churches  of  Astoria. 

Auburn  —  Auburn  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  19,  Children  3,  Private  patients 
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81  surgical,  92  medical.  Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  4 
probationers.  Probation.  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895, — .  Pay, 
$g.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  2  half  days 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  nurses  have  individual 
rooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1878.  Has  graduated  24.  Graduation  month, 
October.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  M.  M.  Neilson. 
( Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Binghamton  —  Binghamton  City  Huspital,  Mitchell  Ave. 

Beds  :  Men  1 2 ,  Woman  1 2 ,  Pay  patients  1 1 .  Total  35 . 
Cases  treated,  1896,  180  (83  men,  97  women),  73  medical, 
107  surgical  (27  gynaecological).  Ambulance  service.  8 
nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22 
months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  41. 
5  accepted.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  4  hours  one  day,  5  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  i  week 
first  year,  10  days  second.  All  have  individual  bedrooms, 
lycctures  on  massage.  Outside  obstetric  experience.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  1896.  Graduation 
months,  January  and  June.  School  case  given.  Post-Gradu- 
ate course  offered.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Address 
the  Supt.,  Miss  Edith  Weller.  (^Graduate  Philadelphia 
Hospital. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Knowi^edge  is  Power. 

State  Hospital  for  Insane. 

Beds:  Men  600,  Women  700.  Total  1,300.  40  nurses 
(13  men,  27  women).  Training,  2  years.  Ages,  men  20, 
women  18.  Admission,  Spring  and  Fall.  40  probationers 
became  nurses  in  1895.  Pay,  women  $15.50,  men  $21.92. 
(Additional  when  employed  after  graduation.)  Duty  hours, 
12  to  14.  Off  duty,  half  day  weekly,  and  every  third 
Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  lycctures  on  massage.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  40.  Registry.  Address 
the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  Charles  G.  Wagner.  The  Lady 
Supervisors  are  Mrs.  Laura  Sinclair  and  Mrs.  Permelia 
Brown.  The  Men  Supervisors  are  Edwin  Stanford  and 
Eugene  E.  Lowe.     (^All  are  Graduates  of  this  School.) 

Brooklyn  —  Brooklyn  Hospital,  De  Ealb  Ave.  and  Ray- 
mond St. 

Beds:  Men  70,  Women  69,  Children  17,  Pay  patients  35. 
Total  201.  Ambulance  service.  Cases  treated,  1895,  i>24o 
(742  men,  498  women),  634  medical,  120  obstetric,  606  sur- 
gical.    Additional,  2,040  Dispensary  patients  (677  medical, 


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1,363  vSiirgical).  35  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  3  years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Ad- 
mission, Spring  and  Fall.  Applications,  1896,  500.  18  ac- 
cepted ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.33.  Duty  hours,  9  in 
Winter,  8  in  Summer.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Some  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  fou/'ded,  1880.  Has  graduated  165.  Post-Graduate 
course.  Registry.  School  case  given.  Graduation  month, 
— .  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  M.  I.  Merritt.  {Graduate 
Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Brooklyn  Homeopathic  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  38,  Women  50,  Children  14,  Infants  9,  Pay 
patients  14.  Total  125.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambu- 
lance service.  33  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  2 
months.  Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  25  to  35. 
Admission,  during  the  Summer.  Applications,  1895,  131. 
22  accepted;  10  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.67.  Duty  hours, 
II.  Off  duty,  20  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms,  and  probationers  also  (generally). 
Lectures  on  massage.  Monthly  examinations.  School 
founded,  1880.  Has  graduated  125.  School  case  given. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Anna  I,.  AUine.  {Graduate  of  this 
School. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Deo  et  Humanitati. 

Brooklyn  Homeopathic  Maternity  (New  York  State  Train- 
ing School),  Washington  Ave.  and  Douglass  St. 

Beds:  Women  50,  Infants  30.  Total  80.  Cases,  1895, 
93  women,  96  infants.  13  nurses,  3  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  month.  Training,  12  months  additional.  Ages,  20 
to  40.  Applications,  1895,  — .  —  accepted ;  6  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $14.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  day  weekly. 
Text  books  furnished.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1871.  Has  graduated  118.  Five  prizes  awarded 
annually.  Post-Graduate  course,  fee  $25.  Graduation 
month,  November.  Address  Mrs,  J,  E.  Hills,  Chairman  of 
the  Training  School  Committee.  The  Supt.  is  Miss  S.  A. 
Allen.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  Applicants  give  $25  security  to  remain  during  the  full  course  of  training. 
Nurses  can  take  a  second  year's  course,  if  desired,  and  will  then  receive  a  diploma. 
The  one-year  course  is  recognized  only  by  a  "certificate." 

Kings  County  Hospital,  Albany  and  Clarkson  Aves. 
Beds:  522.    Cases  treated,  1896, — ,    Ambulance  service. 
62  nurses,  —  probationers.    Probation,  2  months.   Training, 


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Hospital,  which  was  chartered  in  1871.  The  school  was  established 
soon  after,  making  it  one  of  the  first  training  schools  in  the  State. 

The  hospital  and  school  occupy  a  new  building  of  thoroughly  fire- 
proof construction,  erected  in  1895,  at  the  corner  of  Washington 
Avenue  and  Douglass  Street,  on  the  beautiful  Park  Slope,  near 
Prospect  Park  and  in  sight  of  Coney  Island  and  the  Ocean,  the 
health-giving  breezes  from  which  sweep  through  its  rooms  and 
corridors. 

The  training  is,  as  indicated  by  the  name,  confined  especially  to 
obstetrical  work  and  incidental  diseases,  together  with  care  and  dis- 
eases of  infants  ;  but  a  well-equipped  operating  room  recently  added, 
in  conjunction  with  exceptionally  pleasant  private  rooms,  attract 
many  private  cases  and  furnish  a  fair  amount  of  practice  in  surgical 
nursing.  The  necessary  theoretical  knowledge  is  obtained  through  a 
course  of  lectures  occupying  six  months,  upon  Anatomy,  Physiology, 
Labor  and  its  accidents.  Diseases  of  the  Eye  and  Ear,  Medical  and 
Surgical  Nursing,  Care  of  Infants,  Food  and  Dietetics,  and  the  Ethics 
of  Nursing.  A  course  of  lessons  on  cooking  is  included  in  the  in- 
struction. 

The  term  is  two  years  in  the  hospital,  or  one  year  in  the  hospital 
followed  by  two  years  of  private  practice.  A  certificate,  conferred  at 
the  end  of  one  year,  is  ratified  by  a  full  diploma  at  the  end  of  these 
terms  of  acceptable  service.  Wages  of  |14.00  per  month  are  paid 
during  the  second  year,  and  a  percentage  of  any  sum  earned  during 
the  first  year.  Conditions  of  admission  are  that  the  applicant  shall  be 
between  twenty  and  forty  (preferably  between  twenty-five  and  thirty- 
five),  of  sound  body,  comely  appearance  and  pleasant  address,  with  a 
fair  education,  irreproachable  moral  character  and  natural  adapt- 
ability for  the  work. 

A  Post-Graduate  course  of  three  months  at  the  nominal 
price  of  $25.00  is  offered  to  a  very  limited  number  of 
graduates  from  other  schools. 

Applications  should  be  made  to 

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2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours, 
10.  Off  duty,  — .  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  School  founded,  1897.  Address 
the  Supt.,  Miss  M.  A.  O'Neill.  (^Graduate  St.  Mary's  Hos- 
pital, Brooklyn.) 

Long  Island  College  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  113,  Women  50,  Children  12,  Private  rooms 
25.  Total  200.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
57  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  6  months.  Training, 
24  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  34.  Applications,  1895, 
— .  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  to  3  daily,  6 
twice  weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  18 — .  Has  gradu- 
ated — .  Graduation  month.  May.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
Ida  ly.  Sutliffe.     {Graduate  New  York  Hospital.) 

Memorial  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children — Corner 
Classon  and  St.  Mark's  Aves. 

Beds:  70.  Cases  treated,  1895,  216  (34  children).  20 
nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  3  months.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  25  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
59.  21  accepted;  13  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty 
hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly,  3  hours 
Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  (2  weeks  also  is  allowed  for 
illness  in  the  two  years.)  Senior  nurses  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1889. 
Has  graduated  19.  Graduation  month.  May.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Bertha  May  Smith.  {Graduate  of 
the  Rochester,  N.  Y. ,  Homeopathic  Hospital. ) 

NpTE  — The  Managers  and  Faculty  are  all  women,  and  the  practice  of  the 
Hospital  is  Ifomeopathic.  .'/mHJ 

Methodist  Episcopal  Hospital — Seventh  Ave.  and  Sixth  St. 
'.  Beds :  Men  26,  Women  30,  Children  18,  Pay- patients  34. 
Total  108.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,033,  640  surgical,  238 
taedical,  155  children.  Ambulance  service.  40  nurses,  4 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages^  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  197.  63 
accepted ;  26  became  nurses.  No  pay,  but  pupils  are  pre- 
sented with  $25  every  six  months.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off 
duty,  one  afternoon  weekly  and  five  hours  on  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  In- 
valid Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1888.     Has  graduated  80.     Graduation  month.  May.     Ad- 


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Hospital,  which  is  a  department  of  the  Episcopal  Church 
Charity  Foundation  of  Long  Island. 

The  Hospital  has  one  hundred  beds  —  for  men,  women 
and  children.  Every  part  of  it,  and  of  the  Nurses'  Home, 
has  been  recently  refitted  with  the  best  and  most  modem 
forms  of  plumbing  and  ventilating  devices.  The  varied 
services  —  Medical,  Surgical,  Orthopaedic  and  Dispensary  — 
are  of  the  highest  character,  and  the  pupil-nurses  enjoy 
unsurpassed  facilities  for  acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  every  detail  of  their  profession. 

The  course  is  three  years.  After  the  first  two  months 
(the  probationary  period)  pupils  receive  a  monthly  allow- 
'ance  of  five  dollars,  and  on  graduation  will  receive  each  a 
diploma,  a  gold  badge,  and  fifty  dollars. 

The  School  numbers  at  present  twenty  nurses.  Approved 
candidates  will  be  admitted  as  vacancies  occur.  Only  young 
women  possessed  of  the  highest  qualities  of  character,  and 
actuated  by  an  earnest  determination  to  make  their  profes- 
sion a  life-work,  are  desired.  They  need  not,  necessarily,  be 
members  of  the  Church,  but  must  be  Protestant  Christians 
in  sympathy  with  the  religious  character  of  the  Hospital. 

Such,  if  between  the  ages  of  22  and  34,  may  address  the 

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dress  the  Supt.,  Miss  C.  G.  Patterson.     {Graduate  of  this 
School. ) 

NoTK  — Only  Protestanta  are  cliKihle  as  prohatlonera. 

St.  John's  Hospital  —  Atlantic  and  Albany  Aves. 

Beds:  Men  24,  Women  24,  Children  18,  Pay-patients  10. 
Total  76.  Cases  treated,  1896,  694  (401  men,  293  women), 
337  medical,  357  surgical  and  4,293  Di.spensary  (new)  pa- 
tients, 1,028  each  surgical  and  medical,  402  gynaecological, 
1,570  disi  ases  of  children,  265  ear,  throat,  etc.  Ambulance 
service.  20  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  34.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  65.  24  accepted;  8  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5. 
Duty  hours, — .  Off  duty, — .  Vacation,  3  weeks.  I^ectures 
on  massage.  Quarterly  examinations.  Instruction  in  In- 
valid Cookery.  Training  in  nursing  infectious  diseases  will 
be  afforded  nurses  desiring  it.  School  founded.  May,  1896. 
Graduation  month,  — .  $50  and  gold  badge  given  at  gradua- 
tion. Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Grace  C.  Earnhardt. 
{Graduate  of  Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston.) 

NoTK  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the    Episcopal  Church.     Probationers 
must  be  Protestants,  in  sympathy  with  the  religious  character  of  the  school. 

St.  Mary's  General  Hospital — St.  Mark's  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  96,  Women  81.  Children  23.  Total  200 
(including  130  pay-patients).  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,587. 
Ambulance  service.  37  nurses,  6  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30. 
Admission,  Spring  and  Autumn.  Applications,  1895,  140. 
17  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  No  pay.  ($100  g^ven  at 
graduation. )  Books  and  uniforms  furnished.  Duty  hours, 
9^.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Ob- 
stetrical experience  obtained  at  another  hospital.  Quarterly 
examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  64.  Graduation  month, 
December.  School  case  given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
Marcella  Doyle.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

The  School's  motto  is  Be  Ye  Faithful. 


Note  — This  School  is  controlled  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  but  Protestants  are 
admitted  as  probationers.  The  School's  course  of  trainint;  is  soon  to  be  made 
three  years. 

Buffalo — Buffalo  General  Hospital  — 100  High  Street. 

Beds  :  Men  60,  Women  60,  Children  30.  Total  150.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  1,944  (1.072  men),  249  children,  906  medi- 
cal, 1,035  surgical,  102  obstetrical,  305  gynaecological. 
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3  months  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35. 
Applications,  1805,  264.  20  accepted;  13  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $10,50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  half 
day  weekly,  6  hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses 
have  individual  Ijedrooms.  Lectures  on  ma.SvSage.  A  .separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi- 
anmial  examinations.  School  founded,  1879.  Has  graduated 
172.  School  ca.se  given.  Graduation  month,  June.  Addre.ss 
for  admission,  the  Warden  of  the  Hospital.  The  Supt.  is 
Miss  E.  Denike.     (^Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital.) 

Note  — I^arRC  new  HoHpitn!  buildltif;;  now  cuimtructii.g. 

Buffalo  Homeopathic  Hospital  —  74  Cottage  Street. 

Beds:  Men  25,  Women  25,  10  private  rooms.  Total  60. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  .service.  18  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  140.  20  ac- 
cepted ;  6  became  nurses.  No  pay.  ($100  given  at  gradua- 
tion.) Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  i  afternoon 
and  part  of  Sunday,  when  pos.sible.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Quarterly  examinations.  Registry.  School  founded,  1887. 
Has  graduated  57.  Graduation  month,  October.  School 
case  given.  Aduiess  the  Supt.,  Miss  Jo.sephine  Snetsinger. 
(  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  Pupils  of  this  school  have  the  privilege  of  three  months'  experience  at 
the  Pitch  Accident  Hospital.  Before  entering  the  school  they  have  to  pass  a 
medical  examination. 

Buffalo  Hospital  of  the  Sisters  of  Charity  — 1833  Main 
Street. 

Beds:  Men  195,  Women  190,  Children  20,  Contagious 
Pavilion  20.  Total  425.  Cases  treated,  1896,  1,600. 
Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  30. 
Applications,  1896,  75.  15  accepted;  12  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  12  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Obstetrical  experience  obtained  at  an- 
other hospital.  Lectures  on  ma.ssage.  Monthly  examina- 
tions. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded, 
1889.  Has  graduated  10.  Graduation  month,  September. 
Address  the  Sister  Superior,  Sister  M.  Florence,  or  Dr. 
H.  D.  Ingraham.     (The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Sister  Theresa.) 

Note  —  The  course  is  soon  to  be  made  three  years.  Protestants  are  admitted 
as  probationers.  Nurses  also  obtain  experience  in  the  Hospital's  Emergency 
Branch,  at  South  Division  and  Michigan  Sts. 


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NEW  YORK— Buffalo— Children's  Hospital— 219  Brytnt 
Street. 

Beds:  46.  Cases  treated,  1895,  119  (48  surgical). 
8  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i  or  2  months.  Training, 
23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1895, 
25.  7  accepted,  of  whom  2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10. 
Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  10  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Uniforms  furnished ;  also  text-books.  Some  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  department. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1892.  Has  gradu- 
ated 14.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Olivia  Moore.  {Graduate 
of  Toronto  Children's  Hospital.) 

Erie  County  Hospital  —  3399  Main  St. 

Beds:  Men  260,  Women  70,  Children  20.  Total  350. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  32  nurses,  —  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  to  3  months.  Training,  23  months  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  32.  Applications,  1895,  97.  19  accepted.  Pay, 
$12.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  after- 
noon weekly,  3  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Senior 
nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Semi-annua^.  examina- 
tions. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded, 
1894.  Has  graduated  18.  Graduation  month,  October. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Emma  J,  Keating. 
{Graduate  Buffalo  General  Hospital. ) 

Fitch  Accident  Hospital  —  Michigan  and  Swan  Sts. 

This  Hospital  gives  a  Post-Graduate  course  of  3  months, 
open  at  present  only  to  senior  nurses  of  the  State  and  Home- 
opathic Hospitals  of  Buffalo.  3,888  cases  were  treated  in  1895. 

Lexington  Heights  Hospital — 173  Lexington  Avenue. — 

(A  private  Hospital.) 

Beds:  12.  Cases  treated,  1895,  177.  11  nurses,  2  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  32.  4  accepted; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
I  hour  daily  and  2  half  days  weekly.  Uniforms  and  text- 
books furnished.  Nurses  and  probationers  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Examination  at  graduation. 
School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  14.  School  case  given. 
Graduation  month,  December.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. , 
Miss  Annie  L.  Irons.     (  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

State  Hospital  for  the  Insane  —  Forest  Ave. 
Beds:  Men  428,  Women  675.  Total  1,103.  Cases  treated, 
^895,  — .     125  nurses  (70  women,  55  men),  10  probationers. 


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Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages, 
20  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  150.  40  accepted.  Pay,  women 
$16.50,  men  $24.50.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  nurses  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Women  nurses 
obtain  obstetrical  experience  at  another  hospital.  Annual 
examinations.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  School  founded, 
1884.  Has  graduated  1 14.  Graduation  month.  May.  Ad- 
dress the  Medical  Supt. ,  Dr.  Arthur  W.  Hurd.  The  Head 
Nurse  is  Mrs.  Margaret  Wilson.     (^Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  a  State  Institution. 

Woman's  Hospital  — 191  Georgia  St. 

Beds:  35.  Cases  treated,  1895,  259  (239  surgical,  mostly 
gynaecological,  20  obstetrical).  9  nurses,  2  or  3  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  24  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  — .  2  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  Semi-annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  6. 
Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  H. 
Storck.     {Graduate  Buffalo  General  Hospital.) 

Note  —  Except  for  its  obstetrical  department,  the  Hospital  is  entirely  surgical. 

Cortland  —  Cortland  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  28,  Women  27.  Total  55  (of  which  35  are 
Pay  patients).  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  2  nurses,  2  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  35.  3  accepted,  1895  ;  2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  special  obstetrical  experi- 
ence. School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  3.  Graduation 
month,  July,    Address  the  Matron,  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Waters. 

Elmira —  Arnot-Ogden  Memorial  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  26,  Women  14,  Children  6,  Pay  patients  4. 
Total  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  279  (169  men,  no  women), 
134  medical,  109  surgical,  36  gynaecological  and  obstetric. 
Ambulance  service.  12  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35. 
Admission,  Spring  and  Fall.  Applications,  1895,  48-  12 
accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.50.  Duty  hours,  9. 
Off  duty,  21  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Examinations  every  2  months.  School  founded, 
1888.  Has  graduated  24.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Grace  R.  D.  Kinney.  {Graduate 
Philadelphia  Hospital. ) 


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NEW  YORK  — Flushing  — Flushing  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  13,  Women  13,  Children  6,  Infants  8,  Pay- 
patients  5.  Total  45.  Cases  treated,  1895,  242  (147  medi- 
cal, 72  surgical),  10  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  25  to  35, 
Applications,  1896,  57.  10 accepted;  6  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$9.50.  Lectures  on  massage.  School  founded,  1890.  Has 
graduated  21.  Graduation  month,  November.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Flentje.  (Graduate  Mount  Sinai  Hospital, 
New  York. ) 

Gloversville  —  Nathan  Littauer  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  7,  Women  14,  Pay  patients  5.  Total  26. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  140  (38  surgical,  50  gynaecological). 
Ambulance  service.  6  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation, 
6  weeks.  Training,  24  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  20.  5  accepted ;  4  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  half  day,  and  7  hours  weekly, 
additional.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  All  have  individual  bed- 
rooms. Outside  obstetric  work.  Quarterly  examinations. 
School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  4.  Graduation  month, 
December.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Ida  M.  Root. 
(  Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital. ) 

Jamestown  —  Women's  Christian  Association  Hospital. 

Beds:  Women  22.  Cases  treated,  1895,  146  (62  surgical, 
96  medical).  Ambulance  service.  6  nurses  (and  i  gradu- 
ate). —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  24 
months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Admission,  Spring  and 
Fall,  Applications,  1895,  22.  5  accepted;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $8.75.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  16  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text  books  furnished  for  first 
year.  Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1890. 
Has  graduated  10,  School  case  given.  Graduation  month, 
— ,  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Christina  Hall.  {Graduate 
Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  The  School  and  Hospital  are  controlled  by  the  Women's  Christian 
Association. 

Kingston  —  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  12,  Children  i,  Pay  pptients  4 
Total  29,  Cases  treated,  1896,  159  (104  men,  55  women) 
Ambulance  service.  5  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation 
I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35 
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Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  and  2 
afternoons  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1894. 
Has  graduated  — .  Graduation  month,  March.  Address 
the  Supt.,  Miss  Emma  J.  B.  Voris.  {Graduate  Bellevue 
Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Little  Falls  —  Little  Falls  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  3,  Women  3,  Pay  patients  3,  Children  2. 
Total  II.  Cases  treated,  1895,  62  (29  men,  33  women), 
40  medical  (3  obstetric),  22  surgical.  4  nurses,  i  proba- 
tioner. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  7.  4  accepted;  3  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily  (usually),  i  afternoon  and  evening,  4  hours  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  exami- 
nations. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Registry.  School 
founded,  1896.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  A.  L.  Leigh.  {Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital^ 
New  York.') 

Middletown  —  State  Homeopathic  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds  :  Men  600,  Women  600,  (Pay  patients  240,  included.) 
Total  1,240.  51  nurses  (18  men,  33  women).  Probation,  3 
months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  16  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  — •  4°  accepted.  Pay,  $27  men,  $22 
women.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  12  hours  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  83.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  Selden 
H.  Talcott. 

Thrall  Hospital  —  Grove  St. 

Beds:  Men  10,  Women  10,  Children  i.  Pay  patients  6. 
Total  27.  Cases  treated,  1896,  155  (87  men,  68  women), 
84  surgical,  71  medical.  Ambulance  service.  5  nurses,  i 
probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  31.  Applications,  1896,  14.  5  ac- 
cepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.70.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  and  part  of  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Biennial  examinations.  School  founded, 
1892.  Has  graduated  3.  Graduation  month,  November. 
School  case  given.   Registry.   Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Cook. 

Note  —  Both  schools  of  medicine  practice  in  this  Hospital,  and  both  men  and 
women  physicians  are  on  its  staff. 


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Beds:  Men  i8,  Women  9,  Children  3.  Total  30.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  164  (94  surgical,  70  medical).  Ambulance 
service.  8  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  25.  5  accepted;  3  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.50. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  and  half  day 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  Some 
nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  No  obstetric  department, 
but  nurses  go  out  to  charity  cases.  Semi-annual  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  4.  Gradua- 
tion month,  October.  Supt. ,  Miss  C.  E.  M.  Somerville. 
( Graduate  Boston  ^ity  Hospital. )  Apply  for  admission  to 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Bartholomew,  New  Windsor,  N.  Y.,  and  Mrs. 
O.  Applegate,  165  Grand  St.,  Newburgh. 

New  Brighton  (Staten  Island)  —  S.  R.  Smith  Infirmary — 
Castleton  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  40,  Women  24,  Children  8,  Pay  patients  8. 
Total  80.  Cases  treated,  1895,  589  (364  men,  225  women), 
300  medical  (15  obstetrical),  289  surgical  (6i  gynaecologi- 
cal). 24  nurses,  6  probationers.  Probation,  i  or  2  months. 
Training,  23  or  22  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35. 
Admission,  March  and  September.  Applications,  1895,  50. 
17  accepted;  14  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  2  hours  every  afternoon.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A 
separate  Nurses'  Home.  Nurses  usually  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery,  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1894. 
Has  graduated  8.  Graduation  months,  February  and  Sep- 
tember. Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Alice  I.  Twitchell. 
{Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital.^ 

Note  —  During  senior  year  each  nurse  has  charge,  in  turn,  of  each  ward,  of  the 
operating  and  drug  rooms,  of  a  certain  number  of  obstetrical  cases,  and  is  sent 
out  for  private  work  about  six  months. 

New  York  City  —  Bellevue  Hospital  —  Foot  E.  26th  St. 

Beds  :  Men  25,  Women  307,  Children  85.  Total  417. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  19,843  (13,249  men,  6,594  women), 
2,581  insane,  4,918  alcoholic,  —  medical,  —  surgical.  Ex- 
tensive Ambulance  service.  74  nurses,  4  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 2  months.  Training,  24  months  additional.  Ages, 
25  to  32.  Applications,  1895,  1,700.  36  accepted;  — be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $9.50.  Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  2 
afternoons  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text- 
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This  is  the  only  thoroughly  equipped  hospital  in  Rich- 
mond County  (Staten  Island).  It  enters  its  thirty-fourth 
year  with  a  newly-erected  "Nurses'  Home,"  affording  every 
comfort  for  its  pupils,  and  new  Isolation  Wards  for  cases  of 
Scarlet  Fever,  Diphtheria  and  Measles.  In  these  and  the 
Main  Building  and  Pavilion  Wards,  including  private  rooms 
(erected  only  five  years  ago),  one  hundred  patients  can  be 
accommodated.  The  nurses  have  the  advantage  of  training 
in  the  care  of  Medical,  Surgical,  Obstetrical  and  Contagious 
cases,  and  of  a  complete  lecture  course  by  the  Medical  Staff 
and  the  Superintendent  of  Nurses.  The  course  of  training 
covers  two  years.  Applicants  must  be  between  23  and  35, 
and  up  to  a  high  standard  in  every  respect. 

They  receive  an  allowance  of  $10  per  month.  During  her 
Senior  year  each  has  charge,  in  turn,  of  each  ward,  of  the 
drug  and  operating  rooms,  of  a  certain  number  of  obstetrical 
cases,  and  has  also  a  certain  number  of  outside  private 
cases,  thus  giving  her  an  exceptionally  varied  all-round 
training.  The  intent  of  the  Managers  is  to  secure,  by  rigid 
selection,  the  best  material,  and  graduate  well-trained, 
thoroughly  equipped  nurses.  Admissions  are  in  March  and 
September. 

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Lectures  on  massage.  Pupils  have  also  experience  in  Insane 
and  "Alcoholic"  nursing.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  May  i,  1873.  Has  graduated  496.  Gradua- 
tion month,  January.  Post-Graduate  course.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Agnes  S.  Brennan.  {Graduate  of 
this  School.)  (The  men  nurses  have  charge  of  all  the  male 
wards  in  Bellevue,  except  one. ) 

Note  — This  is  one  of  the  public  Hospitals  and  is  controlled  by  the  City  Govern- 
ment.     "  The  Managers  wish  to  lay  great  stress  on  the  fact  that  no  one  who  has 


had  pneumonia,  or  who  has  any  tendency  to  throat  or  lung  troubles,  should  try  to 
qualify  herself  for  nursing  in  the  wards  of  Bellevue  Hospital."— ^<^or/,  1896. 

Bellevue  Hospital — Male  Training  School  (Mills  School). 

Beds:  490.  Cases  treated,  1895,  13,249  (men).  Extensive 
Ambulance  service.  68  nurses,  6  probationers.  Probation. 
I  to  3  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  379.  53  accepted;  39  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
December,  1888.  Has  graduated  121.  School  case  given. 
Graduation  month,  April.  PovSt- Graduate  course  offered  its 
own  graduates.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Ada 
S.  Willard.     {Graduate  of  Bellevue  Hospital.) 

German  Hospital  —  77th  St.,  from  Park  to  Lexington  Ave. 

Beds  :  Men  100,  Women  72,  Children  6,  Private  rooms  28. 
Total  206.  Cases  treated,  1896,  3,117  (1,079  medical,  1.230 
surgical,  420  gynaecological,  266  skin,  etc.,  122  eye,  ear  and 
throat).  29,812  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance  service. 
38  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1896, 
— .  28  accepted;  19  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours, 
12.  Off  duty,  — .  Vacation,  i  week.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  No  obstetric  training.  School  founded,  1887.  Has 
graduated  90.  Graduation  month,  November.  $100  given 
each  graduate.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Elfrieda 
Rexroth.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  Applicants  must  speak,  read  and  write  German.  They  also  have  to  pass 
a  medical  examination.  In  consideration  of  the  Hospital  assisting  its  graduate 
nurses  in  obtaining  professional  employment  after  leaving  the  Hospital,  they 
agree,  for  at  least  one  year  after  graduation,  to  serve  as  nurses  in  the  HospitaL 
should  they  be  called  upon  to  do  so,  for  a  compensation  of  $i  per  day,  provided 
they  are  not  elsewhere  professionally  employed  at  the  time. 

Hahnemann  Hospital  —  Park  Ave.  and  68th  St. 

Beds :  Men  — ,  Women  — ,  Children  — ,  Private  patients 
35.  Total  95.  Cases  treated,  1895,  496  (168  medical),  39 
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doners.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  35.  Admission,  in  September.  Applications, 
1895,58.  8  accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.50.  Duty 
hours,  10.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  I^ectures 
on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  Graduation  month, 
November.  School  founded,  1895,  Has  graduated  6.  Ad- 
dress the  Acting  Supt.,  Miss  Elizabeth  Telford.  {Graduate 
Brooklyn  Homeopathic  Hospital.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  Homeopathic. 

Lebanon  Hospital  —  Westchester  Ave.  and  150th  St. 
(23d  Ward). 

Beds:  Men  25,  Women  33.  Total  58.  Cases  treated, 
1896,  — .  16  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  40.  14  accepted;  8  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly. 
Vacation,  3  weeks  during  course  (usually  given  in  second 
year).  Senior  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Obstetrical  experience  at  another  hospital. 
Examinations,  six  times  yearly.  School  founded,  1893. 
Has  graduated  10.  Graduation  month,  — .  Registry. 
School  case  given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Gertrude  E. 
Joubert.     (  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  chiefly  German.   Probationers  are  examined  in  German 
dictation,  and  must  send  photograph  with  application. 

Metropolitan  Hospital  —  BlackwelPs  Island. 

Beds:  Men  412,  Women  194,  Children  10,  Infants  10. 
Total  626.  Cases  treated,  1895,  7,403  (5,779  men,  1,624 
women),  5,191  medical,  1,742  surgical,  130  gynaecological, 
8  obstetric.  40  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35,  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  90.  30  accepted;  23  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$12.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  8  hours  weekly,  and  i 
day  twice  monthly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished 
in  part.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  27.  A  pocket  case  given 
each  graduate.  Graduation  month,  January.  Regpistry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Dr.  George  T.  Stewart.  The  Directress 
of  Nurses  is  Miss  Ella  G.  Vance.  {Graduate  Cleveland,  O. , 
Homeopathic  Hospital. ) 

Note  — This  is  one  of  the  City  Hospitals  and  controlled  by  the  City  Govern- 
ment.   Its  system  is  Homeopathic. 


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was  the  first  hospital  to  establish  a  Post-GraduaTK  Course,  de- 
signed to  give  nurses  graduated  from  small  hospitals  the  advantage 
of  a  larger  experience  in  surgical  matters. 

The  success  of  this  then  new  departure  in  training  was  immediate 
and  permanent.  Since  its  institution,  sixty-five  nurses  have  received 
its  benefits  and  been  awarded  its  diploma. 

The  term  is  six  months,  including  the  first  month,  which  is 
looked  upon  as  one  of  probation.  A  sufficient  monthly  allowance  to 
cover  the  cost  of  the  uniform  and  other  incidentals  is  given.  Candi- 
dates are  required  to  sign  an  agreement  to  remain  the  full  course,  if 
probation  is  satisfactory  to  the  authorities  of  the  hospital. 

As  716  cases  were  treated  in  1896,  by  some  of  New  York's  most 
distinguished  surgeons  and  gynaecologists,  the  opportunities  for 
acquiring  experience  in  nursing  cases  of  general  and  abdominal 
surgery  and  minor  gynaecology  are  manifestly  of  exceptionally 
valuable  character.  Each  nurse  is  given  a  term  of  operating-room 
service,  and  has  every  opportunity  of  witnessing  operations.  In 
addition  there  are  frequent  lectures  by  the  Attending  Staff,  House 
Surgeon  and  Supervising  Nurse. 

Only  nurses  holding  diplomas  from  recognized  schools  are  received, 
and  in  all  cases  the  authorities  of  the  schools  are  communicated  with 
before  the  applicant  is  admitted  for  probation ;  both  to  ascertain  the 
record  during  the  time  she  was  a  pupil -nurse  and  also  after  her 
graduation. 

Vacancies  are  filled  as  they  occur,  and  applicants  should  send  in 
their  papers  at  least  three  months  before  they  de'^ire  to  enter.  As  far 
as  possible  the  convenience  of  the  nurse  is  const  Ited ;  but  when  a 
date  of  entrance  is  given,  it  is  understood  that  she  will  report  for 
duty  at  the  specified  time. 

Applicants  will  please  address  by  letter,  or  in  person. 

Mrs.  ANNA  M,  LAWSON, 
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New  York  City  —  Mount  Sinai  Hospital — Lexington  Ave. 
and  67th  St. 

Beds :  Men  100,  Women  100,  Pay  patients  50.  Total  250. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  3,008  (and  509  accident  cases  additional), 
1,462  medical,  1,546  surgical  (of  which  453  gynaecological). 
69  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Admission,  Spring  and 
Autumn.  Pay,  $9.50.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  2>^  hours 
daily,  half  day  weekly,  ^}4  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  2 
weeks,  Uniforms  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations, 
founded,  1879.  School  case  given.  Graduation 
May.  Registry.  Obstetric  experience,  2  months,  at 
York  Infant  Asylum.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery, 
dress  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Marion  F.  Dean.  {Graduate  of  this 
School. ) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  controlled  by  Hebrews,  but  is  entirely  unsectarian. 

New  York  Hospital  — 7  W.  15th  St. 

Beds:  Men  125,  Women  75,  Children  12,  Pay  patients  6. 
Total  218.  Cases  treated,  1895,  5,142  (3,797  men,  1,083 
medical,  2,714  surgical;  1,345  women,  529  medical,  816 
surgical),  9,803  Dispensary  patients.  At  the  "House  of 
Relief"  branch:  455  cases  in  wards,  2,241  in  Reception 
ward.  21,057  Dispensary  cases.  Extensive  Ambulance 
service.  60  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  33.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  — •  Pay>  $13-  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  25 
hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Obstetric  experience 
at  another  hospital.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1877.  Has  graduated  350.  Graduation  month, 
March.  Post-Graduate  course.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt.  of  the  Hospital.  The  Directress  of  Nurses  is  Miss 
Irene  H.  Sutliffe.     (^Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  Nurses  serve  also  in  the  Emergency  branch,  the  "House  of  Relief." 

New  York  Cancer  Hospital — io6th  St.  and  Central  Park 
West. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  64.  Total  76.  Cases  treated,  1895, 
812  (156  men,  656  women).  25  Nurses,  2  or  3  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  5  months  additional.  Ages, 
23  to  40.  Applications,  1895,  150.  48  accepted.  Pay,  $ — . 
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Has  graduated  65.  Only  nurses  who  have  graduated  from 
other  Schools  can  be  admitted,  as  the  course  is  entirely  a 
Post-Graduate  one.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Anna  M. 
I,awson.  {Graduate  New  York  Hospital.)  The  Supervising 
Nurse  is  Miss  Adella  Walters.  {Graduate  Buffalo  General 
Hospital. ) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  entirely  surgical. 

New  York  City  Hospital  —  Blackwell's   Island  —  (New 

Yodia^ity  Training  School). 

Men  40,  Women  435,  Children  10.  Total  485. 
treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  66  nunses 
(and  II  head  and  supervising  nurses,  graduates).  4  to  6 
probationers.  Probation,  i  to  2  months.  Training,  24  months 
additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  475-  48 
accepted;  40  became  nurses.  Pay,  $12.50.  Duty  hours,  — . 
Off  duty,  — .  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  nurses  have  in- 
dividual rooms.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
.1872.  Has  graduated  42 1 .  Graduation  month,  June.  Post- 
Graduate  course  for  its  own  graduates.  Registry.  Address 
the  Supt. ,  Miss  Louise  Darche.   (  Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  This  School  is  attached  to  5  Hospitals  and  is  under  control  of  the  City 
authorities.  3  of  the  5  are  Emergency  Hospitals.  The  Hospital  was  formerly 
known  as  Charity  Hospital. 

New  York  City  Hospital  —  BlackwelPs  Island  —  Male 
Training  School. 

Beds:  Men  313.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  31  nurses 
(termed  orderlies  or  ward  attendants).  Probation,  3  months. 
Training,  15  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30,  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  24.  16  accepted.  Pay,  $12.33.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  2  days  monthly,  and  usually  every  third  Sunday. 
Vacation,  33  days  during  course.  School  founded,  1889. 
Has  graduated  58.  Graduation  month,  — .  Post-Graduate 
course  for  its  own  graduates.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
lyouise  Darche. 

New  York  Infirmary  for  Women  and  Children  —  5  Liv- 
ingston Place. 

Beds:  84;  50  women,  (8  private  rooms,)  34  children. 
Cases  treated,  1896,  752  (82  surgical,  68  medical,  283  gynae- 
cological), 134  children  (50  surgical,  84  medical),  185  ob- 
stetric, and  15,016  Dispensary  patients.  20  nurses,  2  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  28  months  ad- 
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Post-Graduate  Hospital 

The  term  of  service  is  two  years.  This  is  performed  in 
the  Post-Graduate  Hospital,  which  has  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
three  beds ;  in  the  Manhattan  Eye  and  Ear  Hospital,  with 
seventy  beds ;  and  in  the  Nursery  and  Child's  Hospital. 

Young  women  wishing  to  enter  the  School  will  please 
address 

Miss  A.  W.  Goodrich, 

POST-GRADUATE  HOSPITAL, 


Second  Avenoe  and  Twentieth  Street, 


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cepted.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  — .  Off  duty,  i  afternoon 
weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Some  nurses  have  ind'^'^idual  bedrooms.  Instruction  in  In- 
valid Cookery.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded, 
1894.  Has  graduated  13.  Graduation  month,  — .  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Anne  A.  Hintze.  {Graduate  Massa- 
chusetts General  Hospital.) 

NoTB  —  The  pupils  acquire  experience  in  nursing  men  by  a  course  at  another 
Hospital. 

New  York  Post-Graduate  —  20th  St.  and  2d  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  40,  Women  42,  Children  27,  Infants  52,  Pri- 
vate rooms  21.  Total  183.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,895. 
20,084  Dispensary  patients.  45  nurses,  5  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23 
1035.  Applications,  1895,  700-  7^  accepted;  31  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon, 
and  part  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  I^ectures  on  mas- 
sage. Obstetrical  and  Eye  and  Ear  training  obtained  at  two 
other  Hospitals.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1886. 
Has  graduated  223.  Graduation  month.  May.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  A.  W.  Goodrich.  {Graduate  New 
York  Hospital. ) 

Presbyterian  Hospital  —  70th  and  71st  Sts.,  Madison  and 
Park  Aves. 

Beds :  Men  90,  Women  84,  Children  14,  Pay  patients  27, 
Emergency  ward  6,  Isolation  ward  4.  Total  225.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  2,624  (wards  — ),  2,067  Emergency  ward. 
Total  4,691  (3,071  men,  1,620  women),  2,232  surgical,  1,916 
medical.  Extensive  Ambulance  service.  67  nurses,  7  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  i  to  2  months.  Training,  22  or  23 
months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Admission  in  Spring 
and  Summer.  Applications,  1895,  900.  47  accepted;  33 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  14 
weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Nurses  have  individual  bed- 
rooms. Practice  in  massage  and  Invalid  Cookery.  Obstet- 
rical experience  (3  months)  at  other  Hospitals.  Annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  52. 
Graduation  month,  May.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Anna  C.  Maxwell.     {Graduate  Boston  City  Hospital.) 

Note —  Nurses  have  six  weeks'  experience  in  Contagious  Diseases  Hospital. 

Red  Cross  Hospital  —  233  West  looth  St. 
Beds:    18.     Cases  treated,   1895,   168  (and  100  out-door 
patients).     5  nurses,   i  probationer.     Probation,   i  month. 


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Trainine,  6  months  additional.  Admission,  January  and 
July.  Applications,  1896,  50.  12  accepted.  Duty  hours, 
12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Pay,  $10. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Some  outside  obstetric  ex- 
perience. Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1897. 
Has  graduated  6.  Graduation  months,  June  and  December. 
Address  the  Sister-in-Chief,  Mrs.  Dr.  A,  M.  Lesser.  (^Gradu- 
ate Mount  Sinai  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Note  —  This  course  is  entirely  a  Post-Graduate  one,  open  to  nurses  holding 
diplomas  from  any  recognized  School.  A  new  Hospital  building  ia  soon  to  M 
erected. 

Roosevelt  Hospital  —  58th  and  59th  Sts.,  9th  and  loth 
Ayes. 

Beds  :  Men  80,  Women  70,  Children  15,  Private  rooms  40. 
Total  205.  Cases  treated,  1895,  3,264  (Private  40,  1,963  men, 
1,301  women),  1,730  medical,  997  surgical,  410  gynaecologi- 
cal, 23,992  Dispensary  cases.  Extensive  ambulance  service 
(626 patients).  31  nurses,  4 probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Pay,  $7. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruction  in  massage.  Separate 
Nurses'  Home.  School  founded,  November,  1896.  Address 
the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Mr.  James  R.  L,athrop.  The  Directress 
of  Nurses  is  Miss  S.  G.  Whitney.  {Graduate  of  the  Boston 
City  Hospital. ) 

St.  Andrew's  Infirmary  for  Women — 37  West  126th  St. 

Beds:  15.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,890.  10  nurses,  3  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years.  Ages, 
18  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  7.  3  accepted;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  14.  Off  duty,  12  to  24 
hours  weekly.  lectures  on  massage.  Vacation,  i  month. 
Post-Graduate  course.  Registry.  Semi-annual  exami- 
nations. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded, 
1890.  Has  graduated  17.  Graduation  months,  June  and 
October.  Address  the  President,  Dr.  Malcolm  Mclyean, 
29  East  126th  St.  The  Supervising  Nurse  is  Miss  Sara  M. 
Hueston .     (  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  Christians  only  admitted  as  probationers. 

St.  Luke's  Hospital  —  113th  St.  and  Amsterdam  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  116,  Women  116,  Children  45,  Private  Pa- 
tients 32.  Total  309.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance 
service.  60  nurses,  5  to  10  probationers.  Probation,  two 
months.     Training,  34  months  additional.     Ages,  23  to  35. 


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Applications,  1895,  116.  50  accepted;  35  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12^.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily, 
4  hours  Sunday,  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks. 
Nurses  have  individual  bedrooms,  and  probationers  also  (in 
most  cases).  Lectures  on  mas.sage.  Obstetrical  training 
at  another  hospital.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  98.  A  school  case  given, 
if  possible.  Address  Rev.  Geo.  S.  Baker,  Supt.  The  Supt. 
of  Training  School  is  Mrs.  h.  W.  Quintard.  (Graduate  of 
the  Connecticut  Training  School,  New  Haven  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  The  School  is  controlled  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

St.  Mark's  Hospital — 177  Second  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  24,  Women  27,  Private  rooms  24.  Total  75. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  1,940  (  1,253  men,  687  women),  734 
medical,  686  surgical,  463  gynaecological,  57  eye,  ear,  etc., 
1,321  Dispensary  patients.  30  nurses,  4  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, 2  months  (may  be  longer).  Training,  2  years  addi- 
tional. Ages,  23  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  60.  20  accepted; 
15  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  — . 
Text-books  furnished.  Vacation,  i  week  first  year,  two 
second.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  9.  Graduation 
months.  May  and  October.  $100  given  at  graduation.  Post- 
Graduate  course.  Registry.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  A. 
M.  Troll.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Julia  Jager.  {Gradu- 
ate of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  chiefly  surgical,  and  its  management  largely  German. 

St.  Vincent's  Hospital  —  12th  St.,  bet.  6th  and  7th  Aves. 

Beds:  Men  116,  Women  79  (including  90  Pay-paiients). 
Total  195.  Cases  treated,  1896,  2,859  (and  1,448  in  Acci- 
dent Room),  1,965  men,  894  women,  1,700  medical,  1,026 
surgical  —  also  10,056  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance  ser- 
vice (1,161  patients).  22  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation, 
I  or  2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  30. 
Applications,  1895,  350.  15  accepted;  12  became  nurses. 
No  pay.  (After  18  months  $50  are  given,  and  at  end  of 
course  $75.)  Duty  hours,  9^  day,  12  night.  Off  duty, 
15  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished 
first  year.  Text-books  furnished.  Obstetric  experience 
3  months  at  another  hospital.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1892.  Has 
graduated  19.     Graduation  month,  — .     School  case  given. 


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Registry.  Address  the  Sister  Superioress.  The  Snpt.  of 
Nurses  is  Miss  K.  A.  Sanlx)ni,  {Graduate  of  the  New  York 
Hospital. ) 

Note  — Thi»  School  in  controlled  hy  the  Slstcrn  of  Charity,  hut  Protrntnntt  art 
admitted  ns  proliatiDiicrH.  A  new  huildinK  in  erecting,  which  will  add  more  than 
double  the  pre  tent  number  of  bedtt. 

Woman's  Hospital  in  the  State  of  New  York  —  49th  and 
50th  StS/  and  4th  Ave. 

Beds:  134.^  Cases  treated,  1896,  873.  (4,577  Out-door 
clinic  patients ;  all  surgical. )  ^  nur.ses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  5  months  additional.  Ages, 
23  to  40.  Applications,  1896,  — .  86  accepted.  Pay,  $10 
first,  $15  other  months.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  i  afternoon,  4  hours.  Sunday.  Head  Nur.ses  have  in- 
dividual bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  (No  obstetrical 
work.)  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Miss  Frances  E. 
Fowler.  The  Head  Nunse  is  Mi.ss  Frances  A.  Stone. 
(  Graduate  Presbyterian  Hospital^  New  York. ) 

Note  —  This  is  entirely  a  Post-(lraduate  course,  open  only  to  graduates  holding 
diplomas  from  some  recognized  Training  School. 

Ogdenwburg  —  St.  Lawrence  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds:  Men  75,  Women  65.  Total  140,  1,549  in  Asylum 
in  1895.  (Total  Insane,  1,332.)  72  nurses  (12  men,  60 
women),  5  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
1,400.  170  accepted;  66  became  nunses.  Pay,  $15  for 
women,  $21  men.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  half  day  and 
2  evenings  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  have  indi- 
vidual bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  de- 
partment. A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  School  founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  45.  Gradua- 
tion month,  May.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Mabon.  The  Head  Nurses  are  Samuel  Crabbe  {Gradu- 
ate McLeaii  Hospital,  Waverley,  Mass.,)  and  Miss  Mary  J. 
Lambert.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  The  beds  are  the  Hospital  accommodation  proper.  The  capacity  of  the 
Asylum  is  nearly  1,400.  There  are  70  men  and  89  women  attendants  not  trained 
nurses. 

Poughkeepsie  —  Hudson  River  State  Hospital  for  the 
Insane. 

Beds:  Men  780,  Women  680.  Total  1,460.  Ca.ses treated, 
1896,  — .  39  nurses  (26  men,  13  women),  besides  151  men 
and  women  attendants  not  graduate  nurses.  Probation, 
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Pay,  $20  to  $33  for  men,  $14  to  $28  for  women.  Duty- 
hours,  — .  Off  duty,  every  other  night  and  i  afternoon 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  usually  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  60.  Graduation 
month.  May.  Address  the  Supt.  of  the  Hospital,  Dr.  Charles 
W.  Pilgrim.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Lillian  E.  CoUyer. 
{Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital.^ 

Rochester  —  City  Hospital — West  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  24,  Women  40,  Children  24,  Pay  patients  62. 
Total  150.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
35  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
24  months  additional.  Ages,  22  to  33.  Applications,  1895, 
150.  45  accepted;  25  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty 
hours,  II.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon  weekly,  3  hours  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  individual  bedrooms  for  both 
nurses  and  probationers..  Lectures  on  Massage.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  1881.  Has  gradu- 
ated 150.  Graduation  month,  March.  Registry.  Address, 
the  Supt.,  Miss  S.  F.  Palmer.  (^Graduate  of  the  Massachu- 
setts General HospVal^  Boston.') 

Note  —  Has  a  ward  for  Conta^ous  Cases.    Every  nurse  serves  a  term  in  the 
operating  room,  and  one  month  in  District  nursing. 

Hargous  Memorial  Hahnemann  Hospital — 9  Oakland  St. 

Beds:  Men  9,  Women  14,  Private  rooms  5.  Total  28. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — •  Ambulance  service.  8  nurses,  3 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  and  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1892. 
Has  graduated  20.  Graduation  month —  (in  Autumn).  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.,  Miss  L.  Alice  Torrey.  (^Graduate  Buffalo 
Homeopathic  Hospital. 

Homeopathic  Hospital — 224  Alexander  St. ' 
Beds:  Men  25,  Women  35,  Children  7,  Infants  2,  Pay 
patients  27,  Contagious  Ward,  4.  Total  100.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  30  nurses,  3  probationers. 
Probation,  3  months.  Training,  33  months  additional. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  187.  29  accepted; 
20  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty, 
14  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  have  individual 
bedrooms.     Lectures  on  massage.    Quarterly  examinations. 


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Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  37.  Graduation 
month,  February.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Eva  AUerton. 
(^Graduate  Massachusetts  General  Hospital ^  Boston.) 

State  Insane  Hospital — South  Ave. 

Beds  :  Men  270,  Women  270.  Total  540.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  416  (229  medical,  187  surgical),  besides  the  insane. 
30  nurses  (11  men,  19  women),  20  probationers.  Probation, 
I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  upwards. 
Admission,  October  ist.  Applications,  1896,  50.  20  ac- 
cepted ;  7  became  nurses.  Pay,  ist  year,  $14  women,  $20 
men  ;  2d  year,  $16  and  $22.  After  graduation,  $20  and  $25. 
Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  half  day,  and  every  third  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  All  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetric 
experience.  Monthly  examinations,  October  to  May.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1890.  Has 
graduated  80.  Graduation  month,  May.  Address  the  Supt. 
of  Hospital,  Dr.  Eugene  H.  Howard.  The  Supt.  of  School 
is  Miss  M.  E.  May.     {Graduate  of  Rochester  City  Hospital.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  a  State  Institution.    Applicants  have  to  pass  a  Civil 
Service  Examination. 

SYRACUSE— Hospital  for  Women  and  Children. 

Beds:  Women  60,  Children  20,  Infants  40.  Total  120. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  241,  56  medical,  115  surgical,  23  obstet- 
rical, 47  children.  18  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  24  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  32. 
Applications,  1895,  52.  7  accepted.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours, 
9  day,  12  night.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  2  half  days  weekly. 
Vacation,  17  days  first  year,  14  second.  Quarterly  examina- 
tions. School  founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  14  (since 
1894).  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt. ,  Miss  I^aura  A.  Slee.    (  Graduate  of  Bellevue  Hospital. ) 

House  of  the  Good  Shepherd. 

Beds:  75.  Cases  treated,  1895, — •  Ambulance  service. 
25  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
24  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  30.  Applications,  1895, 
38.  8  accepted.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2 
hours  daily,  and  half  day  weekly  and  Sunday.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1887.  Has  graduated  69.  Graduation 
month  November.    School  case  given.     Registry.     Address 


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the  Supt.,    Miss   Evelina 
Brooklyn  Hospital.^ 

Note  —  School  is  controlled  by  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

Troy  — Troy  Hospital  — 8th  and  Fulton  Sts. 

Beds  :  Men  65,  Women  83,  Children  10,  Private  rooms  25. 
Total  183.  Cases  treated,  1895,  690  (363  men,  327  women), 
282  medical,  304  surgical,  loi  gynaecological  and  obstetric. 
5,584  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance  service.  12  nurses, 
2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  25.  11 
accepted;  6  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off 
duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  and  evening  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  depart- 
ment. Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1894.  Has 
graduated  4.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry.  Instruc- 
tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Sister  Gabriella. 
(  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  nnder  the  control  of  a  Catholic  order,  the  Sisters  of 
Charity,  but  probationers  are  admitted  without  regard  to  creed. 

Utica  —  Faxton  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  20,  Women  20,  Children  6,  Infants  6.  Total 
52.  Cases  treated,  1895,  439.  335  surgical  (137  gynae- 
cological). 12  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  3  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  30.  Applications, 
1895,  76.  6  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.33. 
Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Senior  nurses  have  individual 
bedrooms.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  4  months  special 
instruction  in  massage.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  12.  School  case  given. 
Graduation  month,  June.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Katharine  Newman.  {Graduate  of  New  York  City 
Training  School,  —  Charity  Hospital — . ) 

St.  Luke's  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  30,  Children  8.  Total  50.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  384  (92  men),  124  medical,  93  surgical,  161 
g:ynaecological.  13  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  or 
2  .nonths.  Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  72.  6  accepted;  5  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  4  on  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  seniors  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
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October.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Harriet  Suther- 
land.    (^Graduate  Rhode  Island  Hospital,  Providence.^ 

State  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds:  Men  486,  Women  514,  Pay  patients  120.  Total 
1,120.  Cases  treated,  1895,  i>393  (747  men,  646  women). 
77  nurses  (48  graduates;  20  men,  28  women).  Pupils,  16 
women  and  13  men.  49  "attendants"  also,  not  nurses.  7 
probationers  ;  (3  men,  4  women).  Probation,  i  month.  Train- 
ing, 2  years  additional.  Ages,  18  to  30.  Applications,  1895, 
490.  32  women,  26  men  accepted.  Pay,  $16  women,  $21 
men.  Duty  hours,  14  day,  ic  night.  Off  duty,  half  day, 
2  evenings,  and  part  of  every  third  Sunday.  Vacation,  2 
weeks  in  second  year.  Nurses  usually  have  individual  rooms. 
No  obstetrical  department.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  150.  Graduation  month, 
May.     Address  the  Medical  Supt. ,  Dr.  G.  Alder  Blumer. 

Yonkers  —  St.  John's  Riverside  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  18,  Women  14,  Children  6,  Pay  patients  5. 
Total  43.  Cases  treated,  1895,  342.  Men  213  (121  surgi- 
cal), Women  198  (136  surgical).  Ambulance  service.  14 
nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2 
years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Admission,  Spring  and 
Fall.  Applications,  1895,  — .  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks 
first  year,  uncertain  second.  AH  have  individual  bedrooms, 
lycctures  on  massage.  Obstetric  training,  2  months  in  a  New 
York  Hospital.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1894.  Has  graduated  5.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Burnham.  The  Head  Nurse 
is  Mrs.  Laurance.    (^Graduate  St.  Mary's  Hospital,  London.) 

NORTH  CAROLINA— Morganton  — State  Jospital  for 
Insane. 

Beds:  712.  Cases  treated,  1896,  304  men,  350  women.  18 
nurses;  (6  men,  12  women).  Probation,  3  months.  Train- 
ing, 2  years  additional.  Ages,  18  to  35.  Applications,  1896, 
—  (many).  12  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11  women,  $13.50 
men.  Duty  hours,  — .  Off  duty,  12  hours,  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  to  4  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text  books  furnished. 
I^ectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  department.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  November,  1895. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  P.  L  Murphy,  or  the 
Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  S.  E.  Pitts.  {Graduate  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital,  Boston,  and  the  State  Hospital  for  Insane, 
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OHIO  —  Canton  -   Aultman  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  20,  Women  20,  Pay  patients  20.  Total  60. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  207  (91  men,  116  women),  100  medical 
(8  obstetric),  99  surgical  (72  gynaecological).  8  nurses,  2 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  ad- 
ditional. Ages,  25  to  35.  Admission,  in  the  Spring.  Appli- 
cations, 1895,  30.  4  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  12  to  15 
hours  weekly.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  —  exami- 
nations. School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  4.  Gradu- 
ation month,  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  E.  J.  Hagar. 
{Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital^  New  York.) 

Cincinnati  —Cincinnati  Hospital — 12th  and  Central  Ayes. 

Beds :  Men  276,  Women  180,  Children  24,  Pay  patients 
12,  Isolation  ward  8.  Total  500.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — . 
Ambulance  service.  60  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  30. 
Applications,  1895,  234.  16  accepted.  Pay,  $8.  Duty 
hours  12.  Off  duty,  15  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
I^ectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1893.  Has  graduated  61.  Graduation  month,  January. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Olive  Fisher.  {Graduate  of  the 
Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

Jewish  Hospital  —  Avondale  (Cincinnati) — Burnett  Ave. 
and  Union  St. 

Beds:  Men  16,  Women  16,  Pay  patients  12.  Total  44. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  485.  11  nurses,  i  probationer.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages, 
20  to  35.  Admission,  Spring  and  Autumn.  Applications, 
1895,53.  10  accepted;  5  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty 
hours,  10.  Off  duty,  20  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
I^ectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  Instruc- 
tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1890.  Has  gradu- 
ated 15.  Graduation  month,  June.  Post-Graduate  course. 
Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Mary  Hamer  Greenwood. 
{Graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  coutrolled  by  Hebrews,  but  nurses  are  admitted  with- 
out distinction  of  creed. 

Cleveland  —  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

Beds :  Men  530,  Women  500.  Total  i  ,030.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  — •  15  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  40.  Pay,  men 
$23  to  $30,  women  $16  to  $20.    Duty  hours,  14.    Off  duty, 


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half  day  weekly,  and  alternate  Sundays.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  No  obstet- 
rical training.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  45.  Graduation  month, 
April.     Address  the  Supt. ,  Dr.  H.  C.  Eyman. 

Homeopathic  Hospital  ("Huron  Street  Hospital")  —  66 
Huron  St. 

Beds:  Men  30,  Women  45,  Children  12.  Total  87.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  939  (407  men,  532  women),  770  surgical,  147 
medical,  220  obstetrical.  23  nurses,  4  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 3  months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages, 
24  to  30.  Admission,  usually  Spring  and  Autumn.  Appli- 
cations, 1895,  268.  40  accepted  ;  19  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$8  (change  impending).  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  half  day  weekly,  3  hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
School  founded,  1880.  Has  graduated  82.  Graduation 
month,  April.  School  case  given.  Registry.  Address  the 
Secretary,  Mr.  W.  H.  Webber.  The  Principal  of  the  School 
is  Miss  J.  Christie.     {Graduate  Toronto  General  Hospital.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  In  God's  Namk. 

Toledo  —  Toledo  Hospital  — 171 1  Cherry  St. 

Beds :  Men  50,  Women  50.  Total  100.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  482  ( — men,  — women),  264  surgical,  218  medical. 
24  nurses,  6  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
75,  8  accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours, 
II.  Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly,  half  Sunday. 
Uniforms,  shoes,  text-books,  and  thermometers  furnished. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Senior  nurses  usually  have  individual 
bedrooms.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Lectures  on  mas- 
sage. Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1891. 
Has  graduated  11.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
Mabel  Morrison.   {Graduate  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  York.) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Toledo  Hospital  Association,  composed 
of  ladies.  Only  Protestants  are  admitted  as  nurses.  Both  schools  of  medicine, 
and  both  sexes,  practice  at  this  Hospital. 

Zanesville  —  City  Hospital  —  Underwood  St. 

Beds:  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  5  nurses,  — proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  35.     Applications,   1896,  — .     3  accepted;  all 


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became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  10  or  more.  Off 
duty,  2  hours  daily,  i  afternoon,  and  part  of  Sunday.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Uniforms  for  first  6  months  are  furnished. 
Text  books  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  18 — .  Has  graduated 
3.  Graduation  month,  November.  Address  Mrs.  F.  N. 
Southard. 

OREGON  — Portland  (Sunnyside)— Portland  Homeopathic 
Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  14,  Women  12,  Children  6,  Pay  patients  13. 
Total  45.  Cases  treated,  1896,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
16  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
23  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Admission,  any 
month  but  June,  July  and  August.  Applications,  1895,  40. 
II  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  24  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Lectures 
on  massage.  School  founded,  1895.  Address  the  Head 
Nurse,  Miss  L.  E.  Killiam.  (^Graduate  Hahnemann  Hospital, 
Philadelphia. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  M.  E.  Church. 

Good  Samaritan  Hospital  —  23d  and  Lovejoy  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  75,  Women  50.  Total  125  (of  which  100  are 
Pay  patients).  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,108  (519  surgical, 
457  medical,  42  obstetrical).  23  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  29  months  additional.  Ages, 
21  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  52.  14  accepted;  9  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $9.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours 
daily,  and  i  afternoon  weekly.  Vacation,  i  month.  Annual 
examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  37.  Graduation  month, 
August,  School  case  given.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. , 
Mrs.  Emma  J.  Wakeman.  The  Supt.  of  School  is  Miss 
Emily  L.  Loveridge.   ( Graduate  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church. 

PENNSYLVANIA— Allegheny —  Allegheny  General  Hos- 
pital —  37  Stockton  Ave. 

Beds :  Men  60,  Women  50,  Children  10,  Infants  6.  Total 
126.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — •  Ambulance  service.  35 
nurses,  5  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2 
years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  720. 
P^y.  $9-     Duty  hours,  12^.     Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  6  on 


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one  day,  4  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  10  days.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  In- 
valid Cookery.  School  founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  81. 
Registry.  Address  the  Chief  Nurse,  Miss  C.  E.  Perkins. 
{Graduate  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  Philadelphia.) 

Allegheny — Presbyterian  Hospital  —  31-32  Sherman  Ave. 

Beds:  — .  Cases  treated,  1896,  193  (81  medical,  112 
surgical).  Ambulance  service.  6  nurses,  —  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages, 
over  21.  Applications,  1896,  — .  —  accepted;  6  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  15  hours 
weekly.  Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  6.  Graduation 
month,  October.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Dr.  Louise 
J.  Lyle.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Margaret  Woodside. 
{Graduate  Good  Samaritan  Hospital,  Belfast,  Ireland.) 

NoTB  —  The  Hospitalis controlled  by  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Only  Protestants 
are  admitted  as  probationers. 

Erie  —  Hamot  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  30,  Women  22,  Children  5,  Private  patients 
10.  Total  67.  Cases  treated,  1895,  304  (195  surgical,  57 
medical,  52  eye  and  ear).  1 1  nurses,  2  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, i^  or  2  months.  Training,  3  years  (including  proba- 
tion). Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  24.  3  accepted. 
Pay,  $7.50.  Duty  hours,  i2>^.  Off  duty,  7  hours  weekly, 
and  2  half  days.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  No  obstetr>  depart- 
ment, but  nurses  see  cases  in  doctors'  private  practice  (40 
in  1895).  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1890. 
Has  graduated  14.  Graduation  month,  April.  Address 
the  Supt. ,  Miss  Isabel  Turner.  ( Graduate  Toronto  General 
Hospital. ) 

Fountain  Springs — State  Hospital  for  Injured  Persons 
of  the  Anthracite  Coal  Region  of  Pennsylvania. 

Beds:  100,  all  men.  Cases  treated,  1896,  823,  and  1,135 
dispensary.  Ambulance  service.  8  nurses,  i  probationer. 
Probation,  i  to  2  months.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  22  to  32.  Applications,  1896,  20.  i  accepted.  Pay, 
$10.  Duty  hours,  9>^.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  2  half  days 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  5.  Registry.  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.,  Dr.  J.  C.  Biddle,  or  the  Directress,  Miss 
Jane  Hodson.     {Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  entirely  surgical,  and  for  men  only. 


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PENNSYLVANIA— Greensburg  —Westmoreland  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  14,  Women  12,  Pay  patients  2.  Total  28. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — •  Ambulance  service.  6  nurses,  i 
probationer.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
additional.  Admissions,  January  and  July.  Ages,  21  to  35. 
Applications,  1896,  7.  All  accepted;  all  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  6  hours  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1896. 
Graduation  month,  December.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Ida  M.  Clarke.  {Graduate  of  the  Western  Pennsylvania 
Hospital,  Pittsburgh. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Bs  Faith Fui,  Until  Dkath. 

Harrisburg — Harrisburg  Hospital — Cor.  Front  and  Mul- 
berry Sts. 

Beds:  Men  43,  Women  12,  Private  rooms  4.  Total  59. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  391  (125  medical,  237  surgical,  29  eye, 
ear  and  throat).  1,307  Dispensary  cases.  6  nurses,  2  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  addi- 
tional. Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  5.  3  accepted; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty, 
15  to  16  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage. 
No  obstetric  department,  but  some  outside  experience.  An- 
nual examinations.  School  founded,  October,  1897.  Gradua- 
tion month  will  be  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  L.  W. 
Thurman.     {Graduate  of  Woman's  Hospital,  Philadelphia.') 

Meadville — City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  9,  Women  15,  Children  i,  Infants  3,  Isolated 
2.  Total  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  8  nurses,  2  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  22  to  30.  Admission,  Spring  and  Autumn. 
Applications,  1896,  46.  6  accepted.  Pay,  $7.12.  Duty 
hours,  13^.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  and  i  half  day. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month, 
March.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Ada  B.  Shaw. 
{Graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Skrvio  bt  Servito. 


Note  —  Only  Protestants  are  eligible  as  probationers. 


Norristown  —  Charity  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  10,  Women  10,  Pay  patients  5.  Total  25. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  282  (172  men,  96  women),  127  surgical, 
141  medical.    Ambulance  service.    4  nurses,  4  probationers. 


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Probation,  i  month.     Training,  2  years  additional.     Ages, 

21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  24.  8  accepted;  4  l)ecame 
nurses.  Pay,  $7.30.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  half  day  weekly,  4  hours  Sundays.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Uniforms  and  text-lx)oks  furni.shed.  I^ectures  on  massage. 
Obstetrical  experience  chiefly  in  outside  work.  Quarterly 
examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  7.  Graduation  month,  April. 
Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  P.  Schneider.  {Gradu- 
ate 0/  Jefferson  Hospital,  Philadelphia.) 

Oil  City  — Oil  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  12,  Children  3,  Infants  2,  Con- 
tagious Ward  6,  Pay  patients  6.  Total  41.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  10  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages, 

22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  39.  7  accepted;  4  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $ro.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duly,  24  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Quar- 
terly examinations.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  4. 
Graduation  month,  October.  School  case  given.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  Anna  M.  Macpherson.  {Graduate 
Homeopathic  Hospital,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ) 

Philadelphia  —  Children's  Hospital. 

Beds:  123,  and  18  for  infants.  Total  141.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  748  (4,767  Dispensary  cases),  436  surgical,  313  medi- 
cal. Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  4  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 3  months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages, 
18  to  22.  Applications,  1895,  — .  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  13. 
Off  duty,  32  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text- 
books furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  School  founded, 
1895.  Graduation  month,  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss 
Kdna  D.  Hogan.     {Graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

Frankford  —  (Philadelphia)  —  Friends'  Asylum  for  the 
Insane. 

Beds:  Men  50,  Women  77.  Total  127  (all  Pay  patients). 
Cases  treated,  1895,  186  (103  men,  83  women).  46  nurses 
(20  men,  26  women).  Probation,  2  months,  with  pay. 
Training,  20  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Pay,  men 
$19,  second  year  $23  ;  women  $16,  second  year  $25.  Duty 
hours,  15.  Off  duty,  10  hours  weekly,  and  i  day  monthly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  usually  have  individual  bed- 
rooms. Lectures  on  massage.  Women  nurses  obtain  ob- 
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aminations  yearly.  School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  7. 
Graduation  month,  June.  Separate  Nurses'  Home.  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.,  Dr.  R.  H.  Chase,  or  the  Supt.  of  Training 
School,  Dr.  S.  Elizabeth  Winter.  {Pupil  of  the  Presbyterian 
Hospital,  Philadelphia. ) 

Note  —  The  Asylum  is  controlled  by  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.     Both 
men  and  women  physicians  serve  on  its  staff. 

Frederick  Douglass  Memorial  Hospital  — 151 2  Lombard  St. 

Beds:  Men  9,  Women  9.  Total  18.  Cases  treated,  1896, 
61  (32  surgical,  29  medical),  20  men,  41  women  (987  Dis- 
pensary cases).  4  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  58.  6  accepted;  2  became  nurses.  No  pay. 
Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  — .  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms 
and  text-books  furnished.  lyectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1895.  Graduation  month. 
May.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery  (at  Drexel  Institute). 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  S.  Gertrude  Patterson.  {Graduate 
of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital. ) 

Note  — Both  Hospital  and  School  are  for  colored  people. 

Hahnemann  Hospital  —  15th  St.  above  Race. 

Beds:  Men  73,  Women  50,  Children  9,  Total  132.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  2,029  (439  medical,  1,021  surgical,  318  gynae- 
cological, 161  eye  and  ear),  4,368  accident  and  emergency, 
83  obstetrical,  697  diseases  of  children,  and  2 1,439  Dispensary 
patients.  Ambulance  service.  38  nurses,  3  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  35  months  additional.  Ages, 
21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  200.  18  accepted;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily, 
I  afternoon  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  So:  le  nurses  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage,  i  month's  in- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  No  obstetrical  department, 
but  some  outside  work.  Monthly  examinations.  School 
founded,  1890,  Has  graduated  56,  Graduation  month, 
April,  Registry,  Address  the  Supt, ,  Miss  Alice  Brownlee. 
(  Graduate  of  the  Royal  Hospital,  Belfast. ) 

Hospital  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  —  3400  Spruce 
St. 

Beds:  Men  140,  Women  140,  Children  25,  Total  305, 
Cases  treated,  1896,  1,496  (815  men,  681  women),  418 
medical,  572  surgical,  50  eye,  96  orthopaedic,  197  gynae- 
cological, 163  obstetric.  Also  1,496  treated  in  Receiving 
Ward.     246  Ambulance  cases,     9,056  Dispensary  patients. 


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Ambulance  service.  56  nurses,  —  probatic^  »^rs.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to 
35.  Pay,  $12.  Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily, 
4  Sunday,  and  half  day  each  week.  Vacation,  2  weeks, 
first  and  second  year,  one  month  third.  Nurses  usually  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examinations.  Separate  Nurses' 
Home.  Graduation  month,  November.  Address  the  Supt. 
of  Hospital,  Miss  M.  E.  P.  Davis.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is 
Miss  Linda  M.  Richards.  {Graduate  New  England  Hospital 
for  Women  and  Children,  Boston.) 

Howard  Hospital  —  Broad  and  Catharine  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  11,  Women  28.  Total  39.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  308  (114  men,  194  women),  112  medical,  196  surgical 
(160  gynaecological),  25,009  Dispensary  cases.  10  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  34.  5  ac- 
cepted; 2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.25.  $50  given  at  gradu- 
ation. Duty  hours,  13  day,  11  night.  Off  duty,  i  after- 
noon, and  4  hours  alternate  Sundays.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Head  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  Obstetric  experience 
obtained  at  another  Hospital,  Semi-annual  examinations. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1894,  Has 
graduated  7,  Graduation  month,  September,  Address  the  Supt. 
of  Hospital.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Nina  M.  Boyd. 
{Graduate  University  of  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  Philadelphia.^ 

Jefferson  Medical  College  Hospital — 1020  Sansom  St. 

Beds:  Men  52,  Women  50,  Children  8,  Infants  4,  Pay 
patients  14.  Total  128.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,587  (263 
medical,  748  surgical,  82  obstetrical,  157  gynaecological,  237 
private  patients),  16,487  in  Dispensary,  Ambulance  service. 
38  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  i  or  2  months.  Train- 
ing, 35  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications, 
1895,110,  44  accepted  ;  22  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty 
hours,  II.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  weekly,  4 
hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Separate  Nurses'  Home.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1891,  Has  graduated  34,  Graduation  months, 
April  and  October,  Registry,  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss 
Susan  C.  Hearle.      {Graduate  nf  the  Philadelphia  Hospital.') 

Jefferson  Maternity  (Maternity  Department  Jefferson 
Medical  College  Hospital)  —  224  South  7th  St. 

Beds:  18.  Cases  treated,  1895,  82.  Ambulance  service. 
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Training,  3  mouths.  Age,  over  21.  Applications,  1895, 
12.  6  accepted.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  uncertain.  Off 
duty, — .  School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated — .  Ad- 
dress the  Supt. ,  Dr.  E.  P.  Davis.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss 
Margaret  RusseU.     (^Graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Hospital,^ 

Jewish  Hospital  —  Tabor  Road  and  13th  St.  (Logan 
Station). 

Beds:  Men  36,  Women  25.  Total  61  (including  12  Pay 
patients).  Cases  treated,  1896,  594  (414  men,  180  women), 
363  medical,  231  surgical,  12,922  Dispensary  cases.  Am- 
bulance service.  12  nurses,  — probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  years 
and  up.  Applications,  1896,  25.  5  accepted;  all  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  22  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  No  obstetrical  department, 
theoretical  instruction.  Annual  examinations.  Post-Gradu- 
ate  course.  School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  13. 
Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Dr.  Edwin 
A.  Jarecki.  The  Chief  Nurse  is  Miss  Elizabeth  Hanson. 
{Graduate  Protestant  Episcopal  Hospital ,  Philadelphia.^ 

Note  —  An  additional  year  of  training  is  given,  if  desired ;  pay,  I15  month. 

Medico-Chirurgical  Hospital  —  17th  and  Cherry  Sts. 

Beds :  Men  75,  Women  100,  Children  40,  Infants  15, 
Private  rooms  27.  Total  257.  Cases  treated,  1896,  — . 
Ambulance  service.  40  nurses,  6  prob.  loners.  Probation, 
2  months.  Training,  34  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35. 
Applications,  1895,  116.  i6  accepted;  11  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $6.  Duty  hours,  8.  Off  duty,  20  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  3  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Examinations, 
6  times  yearly.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  37. 
Graduation  month,  April.  Registry.  A  Post- Graduate 
course  is  contemplated.  Address  the  Directress,  Mrs. 
Katharine  A.  Taylor.  {^Graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  Hos- 
pital. ) 

Note  —  This  School  will  receive  colored  probationers. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Hospital — South  Broad  and  Wolf  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  27,  Women  32,  Children  9,  Private  rooms  13. 
Total  81.  Cases  treated,  1895,  735  (308  men,  356  women, 
71  children),  296  medical,  225  surgical,  143  gynaecological. 
Ambulance  service.  22  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation, 
2  months.     Training,  22  months  additional.     Ages,  22  to 


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Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  of  one  day,  4  hours  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text-books  furnished.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Obstetric  experience,  entirely  in  outside  work. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  27.  Graduation 
month.  May.  School  case  given,  if  possible.  Address  the 
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Philadelphia  Hospital  —  34th  and  Pine  Sts. 

Beds:  1,200.  Cases  treated,  1895,  7,030  (4,282  men, 
2,202  women,  546  children),  2,792  medical,  1,067  surgical, 
153  gynaecological,  285  obstetric,  etc.  Hospital  has  depart- 
ments for  nervous,  eye,  skin,  insane,  children's,  and  con- 
tagious cases,  also.  Ambulance  service  (1,143  cases).  100 
nurses,  12  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
3  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895, — • 
47  probationers  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours, 
II.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  few 
nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  20  lectures  on  massage. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Each  nurse  sees  15  obstet- 
rical cases.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded,  1885. 
Has  graduated  444.  Graduation  months,  January  and  June. 
Registry  (managed  by  the  graduates).  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Marion  E.  Smith.     {Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  under  control  of  the  City  authorities.  Candidates  have 
to  pass  a  civil  Service  examination,  in  addition  to  the  usual  form  for  admission. 
Colored  probationers  are  admitted  to  this  School  —  though  such  applicants  are  few. 

Philadelphia  Lying-In  Charity  and  Nurse  School  —  nth 
and  Cherry  Sts. 

Beds:  34  (10  Pay  patients).  Cases  treated,  1896,  359 
(298  obstetrical),  1,116  Clinic  cases,  182  outside  cases  to 
which  nurses  were  sent.  29  nurses,  4  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  11  months  additional.  Ages, 
21  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  49.  47  accepted.  Pay,  $5. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  7  hours  weekly.  No  vacation, 
lycctures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1828.  Has  gradu- 
ated 3,000.  $30  given  each  graduate.  Graduation  month, 
May.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Mrs. 
Rebecca  B.  Brown.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Jennie  M. 
Shaw.     {Graduate  of  the  Woman^s  Hospital,  Philadelphia.) 

Note— This  is  the  oldest  Training  School  for  Nurses  in  America.  Both  men 
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Polyclinic — Lombard  St.,  above  iSth  St. 

Beds:  Men  24,  Women  22,  Children  7,  Infants  i,  Pay 
patients  II.    Total  65.    Cases  treated,  1895, — .    23  nurses, 

—  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  34  months 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Admission,  preferably  on 
September  ist.  Applications,  1895,  80.  15  accepted;  5  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $7.33.  Duty  hours,  9.  Off  duty,  — . 
Vacation,  2  weeks  first  year,  three  second,  four  third.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  Uniforms  furnished  in  third 
year.  Text-books  furnished  in  part.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Obstetrical  experience  obtained  at  another  Hospital.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  School  founded,  18 — .  Has  gradu- 
ated — .  Graduation  month,  October.  Post-Graduate  course 
offered.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Maud  Banfield. 
{Graduate  of  St.  Bartholomew' s  and  Queen  Charlotte's  Hos- 
pitals y  London.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Faithfui.  in  Littlb,  Faithfui, 
IN  Much. 

Presbyterian  Hospital  —  39th  and  Filbert  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  62,  Women  56,  Children  24,  Pay  patients  31. 
Total  173.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,468  (821  men,  647 
women),  596  surgical,  568  medical,  104  children,  2,300  ac- 
cident cases  in  Out-patients'  department  (5,825  Out-patients 
in  all).  Ambulance  service,  34  nurses,  6  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  34  months  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  35,  Admission  (usually)  April  and  September. 
Applications,  1895,  337.  28  accepted;  16  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $9.33.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  17  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  10  senior  nurses  have  individual  bed- 
rooms. Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
No  obstetrical  department.  Examinations  at  end  of  first 
and  third  years.  School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  60. 
^50  given  at  graduation.  Graduation  month,  April.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  C.  I.  Milne.  {Graduate  0/ St.  Bar- 
tholomew's Hospital,  London.) 

Protestant  Episcopal  Hospital  —  Front  St.  and  Lehigh  Ave. 

—  (Corporate  title:  Hospital  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  Philadelphia.) 

Beds:  Men  150,  Women  115,  Children  35,  Pay  patients 
10.  Total  310.  Cases  treated,  1895,  2,490  (1,792  men, 
698  women),  1,018  medical,  1,472  surgical  (30,609  Dis- 
pensary patients,  16,853  medical,  10,432  surgical,  1,867  eye, 
1,457  ear,  nose  and  throat).  Ambulance  service.  45  to  50 
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months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  — . 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  i2>^. 
Oft  duty,  2  hours  daily  and  2  half  days  weekly.     Vacation, 

2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  department 
(lectures  on  subject).  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1888.  Has  graduated  122.  Graduation  month, 
June.  Address  the  Chief  Nurse,  Miss  Mary  S.  Littlefield. 
(  Graduate  of  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Note  — The  School  is  controlled  by  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Samaritan  Hospital  —  Broad  and  Ontario  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  18,  Children  6.  Total  41.  Cases 
treated,  1896,  502  ( — men,  — women),  263  surgical,  142 
medical,  97  gynaecological.    Ambulance  service.     15  nurses, 

3  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  32.  Admission,  usually  in  Spring 
and  Autumn.  Applications,  1896,  45.  8  accepted;  5  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  17  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  — .  Graduation 
month,  — .  School  case  given,  if  possible.  Registry.  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.  of  Nurses,  Miss  Katharine  Brown.  (^Gradu- 
ate of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital,  Philadelphia.^ 

St.  Agnes  Hospital  — 1900  South  Broad  St. 

Beds:  Men  10 1,  Woman  118.  Total  219.  Cases  treated, 
1896,  1,726  (1,159  men,  577  women),  829  medical,  754 
surgical,  109  ,tjynaecological,  34  eye.  Additional  cases  at 
Clinics  —  629  medical,  2,244  surgical,  209  gynaecological,  474 
throat,  nose  and  ear,  45  nervous,  922  eye,  in  skin,  229 
diseases  of  children,  —  total  Clinic  patients  4,826.  Ambu- 
lance service  (243  patients).  16  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  34  months  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  30.  II  accepted,  1896;  7  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$6.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon 
weekly,  and  alternate  Sundays.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  October, 
1896.  Graduation  month,  May.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Sister  M.  Borromeo. 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  a  Catholic  order,  the  Sisters  of  St.  Francis, 

St.  Joseph's  Hospital  —  Girard  Ave.,  i6th  and  17th  Sts. 

Beds:  196.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1.483,  962  medical, 
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additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  60.  23  ac- 
cepted;  12  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.  Duty  hours,  12.  OflF 
duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
I/CCtures  on  massage.  Obstetric  experience  obtained  in  an- 
other Hospital.  Quarterly  examinations.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated 
23.  Graduation  month.  May.  Registry.  Address  Sister 
Adelaide.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Sister  Adeline.  {Graduate 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston.^ 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  a  Catholic  order,  the  Sisters  of  Charity, 
but  Protestants  are  admitted  as  nurses. 

West  Philadelphia  Hospital  for  Women  —  4035  Parrish  St. 

Beds:  32.  Cases  treated,  1895,  236  (and  2, 106  Dispensary), 
72  obstetric.  12  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1896,  — .  II  accepted;  6  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.50. 
Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  15  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
I/Cctures  on  massage.  Quarterly  examinations.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School 
founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation  month, 
March.  $50  given  at  graduation.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Emily  A.  Rogers.  {Graduate  of  Boston  City 
Hospital. ) 

Woman's  Hospital  —  North  College  Ave.  and  22d  St. 

Beds:  Women  65,  Children  10,  Private  patients  45.  Total 
120.  Cases  treated,  1895,  805.  208  obstetric,  123  surgical, 
104  medical,  539  gynaecological,  12,226  Dispensary  patients. 
40  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
34  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  40.  Admission,  from 
September  to  July.  Applications,  1895,  330.  38  accepted; 
34  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.33.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
2  half  days,  3  evenings  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks  (none 
in  third  year).  lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  In- 
valid Cookery.  Bi-monthly  examinations.  School  founded, 
1861.  Has  graduated  330.  Graduation  month,  December. 
Post- Graduate  course.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss 
Anna  L.  Fetting.     (  Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  — All  the  medical  and  surgical  practitioners  of  this  Hospital  are  women. 

Pittsburg  —  Homeopathic  Medical  and  Surgical  Hospital 
and  Dispensary  —  Second  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  70,  Women  62,  Children  18,  Pay  patients  24. 
Total    150.     Cases   treated,    1895,    i>703   (i.o77  men,   626 


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women),  611  medical,  714  surgical,  140  gynaecological,  132 
eye,  ear  and  throat.  Ambulance  service.  30  nurses,  — pro- 
bationers. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  addi- 
tional. Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  219.  18  ac- 
cepted; 17  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off 
duty,  21  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  ex- 
aminations. School  founded,  1886.  Has  graduated  98. 
Graduation  month,  April.  School  case  given.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Miss  Ida  F.  Giles.     {Graduate  0/ this  School.) 

South  Side  Hospital  —  Second  St.,  «  South  Side." 

Beds:  Men  34,  Women  16,  Private  rooms  14.  Total  64. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  1.038.  767  surgical,  271  medical,  813 
men,  225  women.  71  gynaecological.  8  nurses,  3  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  30.  Applications,  1896,  100.  8  accepted.  Pay, 
$10.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  5  hours  one 
day,  4  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  — .  Lectures  on  massage. 
No  obstetrical  department,  though  some  cases.  Quarterly 
examinations.  Graduation  month,  April.  Address  the  Supt. , 
Miss  Agnes  B.  Price.  {Graduate  of  Medico- Chirurgical  Hos- 
pital, Philadelphia,) 

Western  Pennsylvania  Hospital  —  Brereton  Ave.,  head  of 
28th  St. 

Beds:  Men  149,  Women  46,  Children  15.  Total  210  (in- 
cluding 24  private  rooms).  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Am- 
bulance service.  45  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  3 
months,  with  pay.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages, 
23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  250.  39  accepted;  24  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon, 
and  5  hours  on  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  nurses 
have  individual  rooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Limited 
Obstetrical  department.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  50.  Graduation  month, 
June.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Mr.  M.  J. 
House.  The  Directress  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Emma  Church. 
{Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  —  Bach  nurse  serves,  in  turn,  in  the  Operating  room  and  in  care  of  instru- 
ments, and  in  Diet  Kitchen. 

Western  Pennsylvania  Hospital  —  Male  Training  School. 
12  nurses.     Applications,  1895,  64.     14  accepted;   10  be- 
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Beds:  Men  29,  Women  27,  Children  8,  Infants  i,  Pay 
patients  9.  Total  64.  Cases  treated,  1895,  591  ^256  medi- 
cal, 328  surgical,  7  obstetrical),  440  men,  144  women.  Am- 
bulance service.  13  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Ad- 
mission, January  and  September.  Applications,  1896,  30. 
II  accepted;  8  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.25  ($50  first  year, 
$100  second).  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  18  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi- 
annual examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  16.  Graduation 
month,  September.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss 
Mary  h.  Rose.     {Graduate  of  Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

Scranton  —  Lackawanna  Hospital  —  410  Franklin  Ave. 

Beds :  Men  50,  Women  20,  Pay  patients  3.  Total  73. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  576;  329  surgical,  204  medical.  Am- 
bulance service.  12  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2 
months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  22  to  30. 
Applications,  1895,  35.  8  accepted;  all  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  10  day,  12  night.  Off  duty,  i 
afternoon,  half  Sunday,  and  2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2 
weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  Some  nurses  have  individual 
rooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  School  founded,  18 — .  Has 
graduated  11.  Graduation  month,  June.  Regi.stry.  Ad- 
dress the  Supt.,  Miss  K.  K.  Kraemer.  {Graduate  of  Bellevue 
Hospital,  New  York.) 

Moses  Taylor  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  50,  Women  14.  Total  64.  Cases  treated,  1895, 
243  (165  surgical,  78  medical),  294  Dispensary.  Ambulance 
service.  6  nurses,  —  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  40.  7  accepted;  6  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50. 
Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  and  half  day 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  In- 
dividual bedrooms  for  all.  Lectures  on  massage.  Exami- 
nations, I  first  year,  2  second.  School  founded,  1892.  Has 
graduated  i.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt., 
Mrs.  A.  W.  Smith.  {Graduate  of  Bellevue  Hospital,  New 
York.) 

West  Chester  —  Chester  County  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  24,  Women  19,  Pay  patients  7.  Total  50. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  312  (124  medical,  159  surgical,  29  gynae- 


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cological).  Ambulance  service.  12  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  10.  4  accepted;  all 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.25.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty, 
2  hours  daily,  half  day  weekly,  and  half  Sunday.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetrical  department, 
but  some  outside  work.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1893.  Has 
graduated  6.  Graduation  month.  May.  Address  the  Supt., 
Miss  Julie  King.  {Graduate  of  the  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital, 
Baltimore. ) 

Wilkes-Barre  —  Wilkes-Barre  City  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  40,  Women  23,  Pay  patients  12.  Total  75. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  759  (577  surgical,  182  medical),  505 
men,  254  women.     20  nurses,  —  probationers.     Probation, 

1  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35. 
Admission,  Spring  and  Autumn.  Applications,  1895,  28. 
16  accepted;  10  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  9^ 
day,  11^  night.  Off  duty,  2K  hours  daily,  6  hours  one 
day  weekly,  4  hours  Sundays.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms 
and  text-books  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1887.  Has  graduated  28. 
Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Roberta 
M.  West.     {Graduate  0/ Philadelphia  Hospital.) 

Williamsport  —  Williamsport  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  30,  Women  30,  Children  2,  Private  patients 
13.  Total  75.  Cases  treated,  1895,  494  (291  male,  203 
female),  193  medical,  301  surgical,  10  obstetrical.    13  nurses, 

2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months 
additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  26.  — ac- 
cepted; 6  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off 
duty,  2  hours  daily.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1883.  Has  graduated  32.  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Virginia  Loomis.  {Graduate  of  the 
University  of  Pe^insylvania  Hospital,  Philadelphia.) 

Note  —  This  School  will  receive  colored  women  as  probationers. 

RHODE  ISLAND  — Newport  — Newport  Hospital. 

Beds;  — .  Cases  treated,  1895,  533,  men,  303  (114  sur- 
gical), women,  230  (80  surgical,  150  medical),  196  Eye 
and  Ear.  17  nurses,  i  probationer.  Probation,  3  months. 
Training,  27  months  additional.  Admissions,  April  i, 
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Vacation,  3  weeks.  Quarterly  examinations.  School  founded, 
1885.  Has  graduated  33.  Graduation  month, — .  Registry. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Lucy  V.  Pickett.  {Graduate  of 
Massachusetts  General  Hospital,  Boston.) 
The  School's  Motto  is  N'oubliez  Pas. 

Providence — Rhode  Island  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  129,  Women  68,  Children  28.  Total  228. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  2,046  (1279  men,  767  women),  728 
medical,  951  surgical,  54  ear,  nose  and  throat,  93  eye,  220 
gynaecological,  8,469  Dispensary  (3,269  surgical,  3,545 
medical,  1,655  eye).  Ambulance  service.  38  nurses,  3  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  2  months,  "on  trial,"  3  months  more. 
Training,  19  months  additional.  Applications  in  1895,  250. 
55  accepted  ;  24  became  nurses.  Pay,  $12.50.  Duty  hours, 
13.  Off  duty,  i8>^  weekly,  and  an  occasional  day  off. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate 
Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  All  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Three  examinations  yearly.  Gradua- 
tion month,  — .  School  founded,  1882.  Has  graduated 
116.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Emma  L.  Stowe.  {Graduate 
Boston  City  Hospital.) 

Note  —  Training  is  6  months  each,  medical  and  surgical,  remainder  various. 
Hospital  has  a  Contagious  Ward. 

Rhode  Island  Homeopathic  Hospital — 151  Morris  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  19,  Women  41.  Total  60.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  209  (123  surgical,  35  men,  88  women),  46  medical 
(17  men,  29  women).  16  nurses,  — probationers.  Proba- 
tion, I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages.  21 
to  35.  Applications,  1895,  58-  u  accepted;  8  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  17  hours 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  A 
separate  Nurses'  Home.  Obstetric  experience  consists  in 
outside  work.  Annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated — .  Gradu- 
ation month,  — .  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Jennie  L.  Bassett. 
{Graduate  of  the  New  Haven  Hospital. ) 

Providence  Lying-in  Hospital — 96  State  St. 

Beds :  Women  22,  Infants  35.  Total  57.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  121  women,  96  infants  (not  including  those  born  in 
the  hospital).  10  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i 
month.     Training,  14  months  additional.     Ages,  21  to  35. 


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Lying-in  Hospital. 

96   STATE  STREET 
PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 

FOUNDED    1884 

offers  superior  advantages  to  young  women  wishing  training  in 
obstetrical  nursing,  and  in  the  care  and  feeding  of  young  children. 

In  the  obstetrical  department  they  are  instructed  in  every  detail  of 
the  work,  and  enjoy  many  opportunities  which  would  be  impracti- 
cable in  general  hospitals.  Every  nurse  has  experience  in  caring  for 
private  patients  |as  well  as  for  those  in  the  wards,  and  in  this  branch 
her  work  is  as  nearly  as  possible  like  that  she  will  meet  with  after 
leaving  the  hospital.  She  has  sole  care  of  both  patient  and  baby, 
occupies  the  same  room  with  them  and  prepares  the  patient's  meals. 
" — -In  the  infants'  ward  are  received  children  under  two  years  of  age, 
if  not  suffering  from  contagious  diseases.  Particular  attention  is  given 
to  preparing  and  administering  special  foods  for  children  with  feeble 
powers  of  digestion.  ^The  experience  in  this  line  is  unexcelled. 

Applicants  for  admission  to  the  school  must  be  between  21  and  35, 
possess  sound  health,  good  physique,  amiable  dispositions  and  an 
active  temperament.  They  must  expect  to  receive  that  for  which  they 
profess  to  enter  the  school  —  training.  Hence  they  must  not  be  fret- 
ful nor  resentful  under  correction  and  discipline. 

A  good  common-school  education  is  also  indispensable. 

Nurses  who  have  been  dismissed  from  any  other  hospital  before 
finishing  their  course,  will  not  be  received  here.  The  regular  term  of 
instruction  is  fifteen  months.  |  A  Post-Graduate  course  of  six  months 
is  provided  for  nurses  holding  diplomas  from  general  hospitals  of 
good  standing.  After  acceptance  pupils  taking  the  regular  course 
receive  $8.00  per  month  for  the  first  seven  months,  and  flO.OO  per 
month  for  the  remainder  of  their  service.  Nurses  taking  the  Post- 
Graduate  course  receive  |10.00  per  month  after  the  month  of  probation. 

Address, 

Miss  ELIZABETH   R.   SMILLIE, 

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Applications,  1895,  25.  15  accepted;  10  became  nurses. 
Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12  or  13.  Off  duty,  15  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  Some  nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  School  founded,  1887.  Has 
graduated  24.  Post-Graduate  Course  of  6  months.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Miss  Elizabeth  R.  Smillie 
(  Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  not  for  maternity  cases  alone,  as  children  under  two 
are  received  as  patients  in  a  special  ward. 

SOUTH  CAROLINA  —  Charleston  —  City  Hospital  —  Cor. 
Lucas  and  Calhoun  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  95,  Women  45,  Pay  patients  10.  Total  150. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  1,198.  Ambulance  service.  10  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  month  (occasionally  more). 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  II.  G  accepted.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Pay,  $8.50.  Duty  hours, 
12.  Off  (^uty,  12  weekly.  Examination,  end  of  course. 
School  founded,  1895.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  I<eila  V. 
Jones.     (  Graduate  of  the  New  York  Hospital. ) 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  a  public  one. 

Columbia  —  State  Hospital  for  Insane  —  Elmwood  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  225,  Women  300,  Pay  patients  40.  Total  565. 
Cases  treated,  1896,  — .  60  nurses  (30  men,  30  women),  6 
probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  2  years  ad- 
ditional. Ages,  9.2  to  35.  Applications,  1896,  100.  20  ac- 
cepted. Pay,  WOT  .en  $11,  men  $16.  Duty  hours,  "  sunrise 
to  9  p.  m."  Off  duty,  half  day  weekly,  half  Sunday.  Vaca- 
tion, — .  Uniforms  furnished.  Women  nurses  receive  ob- 
stetrical training  in  another  Hospital.  Three  examinations 
yearly.  School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  25.  Gradu- 
ation month,  July.  Address  the  Med.  Supt.,  Dr.  J.  W. 
Babcock.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Fanny  Irwin.  {Gradu- 
ate of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  The  nurses  also  have  each  from  2  to  4  months'  experience  in  general 
Hospital  nursing,  at  the  Columbia  Hospital. 

TENNESSEE  — Memphis  — Drs.  Mitchell  and  Maury»s 
Private  Sanitarium  for  Diseases  of  Women  —  1 1 1  Court  St. 

Beds :  24.  Cases  treated,  1896,  160,  all  surgical,  besides 
many  Dispensary  patients.  7  nurses,  —  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, 3  weeks.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to 
30.  Applications,  1896,63.  6  accepted;  3  became  nurses. 
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noon,  and  half  Sunday.  Vacation,  6  weeks.  Lectures  on 
massage.  Obstetrical  experience  obtained  at  another  Hos- 
pital. Annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1889.  Has  graduated  16.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Mrs.  Anna  Adkisson. 
{Graduate  cf  this  School.) 

Note  —  This  Hospital  is  principally  surgical. 

Nashville  —  City  Hospital  —  Green  St. 

Beds:  Men  55,  Women  55,  Pay  patients  10.  Total  120. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  1,289  (821  men,  468  women),  798  medi- 
cal, 518  surgical,  105  gynaecological,  41  obstetrical,  2,393 
Dispensary  patients.     7  nurses,  2  probationers.     Probation, 

1  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  28. 
Applications,  1895,  52.  7  accepted;  5  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$15.  Duty  hours,  13.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  i  afternoon, 
and  part  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  i  week  first  year,  2  second. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1890.  Has  gradu- 
ated II.  Address  the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  Charles  Brower. 
The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Frances  Wallace.  {Graduate 
of  this  School. ) 

TEXAS  —  Galveston — John  Sealy  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  125,  Women  30,  Children  10.  Total  165. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  1,080  (526  medical,  409  surgical,  145 
gynaecological,  22  obstetric),  2,247  Dispensary  patients. 
Ambulance  service.  20  nurses,  2  or  3  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  19 
to  35.  Applications,  1895,  30.  10  accepted;  7  became 
nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  10  day,  11  night.  Off  duty, 
20  to  22  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text- 
books furnished.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  18 — .  Has  graduated  — . 
School  case  given.  Graduation  month.  May.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Hanna  Kindbom.  {Graduate  of 
Sabbatsberg  Hospital^  Stockholm ^  Sweden,  and  Post- Graduate 
Course,  Woman's  Hospital,  New  York.) 

UTAH  —  Salt  Lake  City  —  St.  Mark's  Hospital  —  7th  and 
North  2d  Sts. 

Beds :  62.  Cases  treated,  1895,  381  (298  men,  83  women), 
240  medical,  100  surgical,  41  gynaecological  and  obstetric). 
Ambulance  service.     12  nurses  ;  3  probationers.    Probation, 

2  months.    Training,  2  years  additional.    Ages,  — .    Appli- 
cations, 1895,  42.     6  accepted;  4  became  nurses.     Pay,  ^8. 


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Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly, 
5  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished. 
AH  have  individual  bedrooms.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  4.  Graduation 
month,  June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Mary  Mitchell, 
"Sister  Mary."  {^Graduate  of  St.  Thomas'  Hospital,  London.) 

NoTB  — The  Hospital  is  under  the  control  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

VERMONT— Burlington  — Mary  Fletcher  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  19,  Women  33.  Total  52.  Cases  treated, 
1896,  733  (305  men,  428  women),  95  medical,  381  surgical 
(210  gynaecological),  257  eye  and  ear.  13  nurses,  2  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  20 to 40.  Applications,  1895,  53.  8  accepted; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
14  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  10  days.  No  obstetric  depart- 
ment, but  experience  in  district  work.  Annual  examina 
tions.  School  founded,  1884.  Has  graduated  59.  Address 
the  Supt.  of  Hospital,  Dr.  B.  J.  Andrews.  The  Supt.  of 
Nurses  is  Miss  Clara  J.  Churchill.   (^Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  chiefly  surgical. 

VIRGINIA  —  Hampton — Dixie  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  6,  Women  12,  Children  i.  Infants  i,  Pay 
patients  2.  Total  22.  Cases  treated,  1895,  ^45  (56  men, 
89  women ;  70  white,  75  colored),  82  medical,  56  surgical. 
12  nurses,  4  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
22  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Admission,  — . 
Applications,  1895,  30.  14  accepted;  9  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$4  ($50  paid  at  graduation).     Duty  hours,  i2j^.    Off  duty, 

1  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly,  and  half  Sunday.    Vacation, 

2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  I^ectures  on  massage.  In- 
struction in  Invalid  Cookery.  Examinations,  semi-annual 
first  year;  annual  in  second.  School  founded,  1891.  Has 
graduated  14.  Graduation  month,  October.  Post-Graduate 
course  afforded.  Address  the  Supt.,  Dr.  Frances  Weidner. 
The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  Grace  M.  Prue.  (^Graduate  of 
Walt  ham  y  Mass. ,  Training  School. ) 

Note —  Only  colored  women  admitted  as  nurses. 

Norfolk  (Ghent)  —  Retreat  for  the  Sick. 

Beds :  Men  20,  Women  30,  Children  6.  Total  56.  Cases 
treated,  1895,  321  (193  men,  151  women),  161  surgical,  181 
medical.  Ambulance  service.  16  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages, 
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nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily. 
Vacation,  2  weeks.  No  obstetrical  department,  but  outside 
T"ork.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1888. 
Has  graduated  14.  Graduation  month.  May.  Address  the 
Supt.,  Mrs.  Clara  Gertrude  Fox.    {Graduate  0/ this  School.) 

St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Hospital — Wood  and  Church  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  150,  Women  30,  Pay  patients  90.  Total  270. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  1,404  (1,101  men,  303  women),  1,019 
medical,  385  surgical  (80  gynaecological),  14,179  Dispensary 
cases.  Ambulance  service.  4  nurses,  18  probationers.  Pro- 
bation, I  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  21 
to  30.  Admission,  October  ist.  Applications,  1896,  40. 
10  accepted;  8  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.50.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  I  afternoon.  Vacation,  i  month.  Special  course 
in  massage.  School  founded,  1892.  Has  graduated  18. 
Graduation  month,  November.  Registry.  Address  the 
Supt.  of  Hospital,  Sister  — .  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Sister 
Mary  Regis.     {Gradtiate  of  St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  Chicago.) 

The  School's  Motto  is  Semper  Fidbus. 

Note  —  The  Hospital  is  under  the  control  of  a  Catholic  order,  the  Society  of  St. 
Vincent  de  Paul,  but  probationers  are  admitted  irrespective  of  creed. 

Richmond  —  Old  Dominion  Hospital  —  East  Marshall  St. 

Beds:  Men  22,  Women  27,  Children  6,  Infants  6.  Total, 
61  (6  pay  beds  are  included).  Cases  treated,  1896,  585, 
13,475  Dispensary  patients.  Ambulance  service.  16  nurses, 
2  to  4  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  24 
months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Admission  (usually) 
Spring  and  Autumn.  Applications,  1895,85.  13  accepted; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty, 
22  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Some  text-books  fur- 
nished. Lectures  on  massage.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Obstetric  experience  in 
connection  with  Dispensary  work.  Annual  examinations. 
School  founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  2.  School  case 
given  (if  possible).  Graduation  month,  June.  Registry. 
Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  S.  H.  Cabaniss.  {Graduate  of  Johns 
Hopkins  Hospital,  Baltimore. ) 

The  School's  Motto  is  F1DK1.1S. 

Retreat  for  the  Sick  —  319  North  12th  St. 

Beds:  Men  21,  Women  8,  Children  8,  private  rooms  13. 
Total  50.  Cases  treated,  1895,  212.  Ambulance  service. 
10  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional  (may  be  lengthened  to  3  if  deemed 
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accepted ;  5  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  10. 
Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  and  afternoon  and  evening  every 
other  week.  Vacation,  4  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  No  obstetrical  department. 
Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  gradu- 
ated 5.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt,,  Miss 
Leila  Dunham.  (Graduate  University  of  Maryland  Hospital^ 
Baltimore. ) 

Note  —  Protestants  only  are  admitted  as  probationers. 

Virginia  Hospital  —  Clay  and  nth  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  15,  Women  20,  Children  5,  Pay  patients,  45. 
Total  85.  Cases  treated,  1895,  392  (180  men,  212  women), 
128  surgical,  87  medical,  104  gynaeological,  73  eye  and  ear. 
15  nurses,  3  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
34  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1896, 
60.  5  accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.50,  Duty 
hours,  12,  Off  duty,  6  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  i  month. 
Uniforms  furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  No  obstetric 
department,  but  nurses  have  outside  experience.  Instruc- 
tion in  Invalid  Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  5.  Post-Graduate  course. 
(Registry  contemplated.)  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  W.  R. 
Yeamans,     (Graduate  of  Si.  Luke' s  Hospital,  N.  K) 

WASHINGTON  — Seattle  — Seattle  Geneial  Hospital  — 
2,823  First  Ave. 

Beds:  Men  16,  Women  6,  Children  4,  Pay  patients  20. 
Total  36.  Cases  treated,  1896,  194  (84  men,  no  women), 
80  medical  (6  obstetric),  114  surgical  (76  gynaecological). 
12  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,50. 
10  accepted  ;  7  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6  50.  Duty  hours, 
12.  Off  duty,  12  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Text- 
books furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Some  obstetrical 
experience  in  private  rooms.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1895.  Has  graduated  5,  Graduation  months,  April 
and  November,  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Anna  H.  Messier. 
{Graduate  University  of  Pennsylvania  Hospital,  Philadelphia. ) 

Tacoma  —  Fannie  C.  Paddock  Memorial  Hospital  —  312 
South  St. 

Beds:  100,  Cases  treated  1895,  472.  Ambulance  service. 
9  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Admission,  June 
and  December.     Pay,  $7.50.     Duty  hours,   12.     Off  duty. 


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half  week  day  and  half  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  i  week  "or 
more."  Text-books  furnished.  All  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1H95.  Has  graduated  2.  Graduation  months, 
June  and  December.  Address  the  Matron,  Mrs.  Charles 
McCutcheon.      (The  Supt.  is  Dr.  Charles  McCutcheon.) 

NoTK— The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Kpiscopal  Church. 

WEST  VIRGINIA— Wheeling— City  Hospital  — Cor.  Eoff 
and  20th  Sts. 

Beds  :  — .  Cases  treated,  1895,  686  (404  men,  292  women), 
294  medical,  402  surgical.  Ambulance  service.  8  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months 
adiitional.  Ages,  22  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  25.  8 
accepted;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  half  day  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Lectures 
on  massage.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1892.  Has  graduated  9.  Graduation  month — ,  Address 
the  Supt.,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Johnson.     (Graduate  of  this  School.) 

Note—  Only  rrotestants  are  admitted  as  probationers. 

WISCONSIN  —  Ashland  —  Dodd's  Hospital.  (Ashland 
Training  School. ) 

Beds;  20.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  5  nurses,  i  or  2  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  ad- 
ditional. Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  7-  5  ac- 
cepted; 2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off 
duty,  12  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  — .  Uniforms  and  text- 
books furnished.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  2. 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Mae  Millar.  {Graduate  of  this 
School. ) 

Milwaukee— Wisconsin  Training  School— 830  Sycamore  St. 

51  nurses.  Probation,  i  or  2  months.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off 
duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day  twice  weekly.  Uniforms  and 
some  text-books  furnished.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt., 
Mrs.  H.  W.  Randall.  {Graduate  qf  the  Farrand  Training 
School,  Detroit.  —  Harper  Hospital. ) 

Note  — The  nurses  serve  the  National  Home  Hospital  for  Disabled  Volunteer 
Soldiers,  the  Wisconsin  General  Hospital,  Infants'  Home,  Manchester-Brown  Hos- 
pital, Elms  Hospital,  Home  for  Aged,  House  of  Mercy,  and  Johnston  Emergency 
Hospital. 

Wausau  —  Riverside  Hospital.  (North  Western  Training 
School.) 

Beds :  30.  Cases  treated,  1895,  220  (198  men,  22  w^omen), 
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Training,  22  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  'O-  5  accepted.  No  pay.  ($100  given  at 
graduation.)  Duty  hours,  10.  Off  duty,  14.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished.  Monthly 
examinations.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home.  Instruction  in 
Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1895.  Address  the  Supt. , 
Miss  Helen  M.  I^athrop.  {Graduate  of  Post-Graduate  Hos- 
pital, Chicago.) 

Wauwatosa  —  Milwaukee  City  and  County  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  125,  Women  120,  Infants  10,  Pay  patients  10. 
Total  265.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service. 
10  nurses,  10  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  — . 
8  accepted ;  5  became  nurses.  Pay,  $9.  Duty  hours,  10. 
Off  duty,  I  afternoon  weekly,  and  alternate  Sundays.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  In- 
valid Cookery.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  5. 
Graduation,  in  Autumn.  Registry.  Address  the  Supt.  of 
Hospital,  Dr.  F.  W.  Stewart.  The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Mrs.  E. 
C.  Johnson.  {Graduate  of  the  Illinois  Training  School,  Chicago.) 

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MINNESOTA  —  Duluth  —  St.  Luke's  Hospital  —  323 
Second  Ave.  East. 

Beds:  Men  30,  Women  16.  Total  46.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  14  nurses,  i  probationer. 
Probation,  3  months.  Training,  21  months  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  96.  7  accepted.  Pay, 
$10.     Duty  hours,  12.     Off  duty,  2  hours  daily.     Vacation, 

2  weeks.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1889. 
Has  graduated  22.  School  case  given.  Graduation  month, 
June.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Ada  J,  Taylor.  {Graduate 
of  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  Chicago.) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  under  the  control  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church. 
US'  This  School  should  have  been  inserted  on  page  153. 

MISSOURI  — Kansas  City —  All  Saints  Hospital  —  loth 
and  Campbell  Sts. 

Beds  :  48,  all  for  pay  patients.  Cases  treated,  1896,  487 
(335  men,  152  women),  322  surgical,  165  medical.  Ambu- 
lance service.     14  nurses,  i  or  2  probationers.     Probation, 

3  months.  Training,  21  months  additional.  Ages,  21  to  35. 
Applications,  1896,  129.  12  accepted;  3  became  nurses. 
No  pay  ($100  given  at  graduation).  Duty  hours,  12.  Off 
duty,  half  day  weekly,  4  hours  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks. 
Uniforms  furnished.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery,  lycc- 
tures  on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1895.  Has  graduated  2.  Graduation  month,  March.  Reg- 
istry. Address  the  Supt. ,  Miss  I^orane  Smith.  {Graduate 
Grace  Hospital,  Detroit. ) 

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PROVINCE  OF  QUEBEC  — Montreal  — Montreal  General 
Hospital  —  Dorchester  St. 

Beds:  Men  90,  Women  70,  Children  22,  Private  13,  Con- 
tagious Ward  40.  Total  235.  Cases  treated,  1895,  2,392 
(1,428  men,  964  women),  844  medical,  1,101  surgical, 
222  gynaecological,  179  eye  and  ear,  282  contagious,  9,596 
Dispensary.  Ambulance  service.  59  nurses,  5  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  34  months  additional. 
Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  290.  39  accepted. 
Pay,  $j.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  20  hours  weekly. 
Vacation,  first  and  second  year,  2  weeks ;  third  year,  3.  Nurses 
usually  have  individual  bedrooms.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1890. 
Has  graduated  105.  Graduation  month,  April.  Registry. 
Address  the  Lady  Supt.,  Miss  Nora  E.  G.  Livingston. 
(  Grad7iate  of  the  New  York  Hospital. ) 

Royal  Victoria  Hospital  —  Pine  Ave. 

Beds :  Men  66,  Women  86,  Children  24,  Pay  patients  16. 
Total  192.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,841  (813  men,  855  women, 
173  children),  769  medical,  647  surgical,  185  eye,  ear,  nose 
and  throat,  240  gynaecological,  —  Dispensary.  Ambulance 
service.  42  nurses,  2  or  3  probationers.  Probation,  i  or  2 
months.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35. 
Admission,  Spring  and  Fall.  Applications.  1895,  400.  17 
accepted;  12  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  9.  Off 
duty,  32  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nunses  have 
individual  bedrooms.  No  obstetrical  department.  Annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  23. 
Graduation  months.  May  or  June.  Address  the  Lady  Supt. , 
Miss  Annie  Murray.  {Graduate  of  Royal  Infirmary,  Edin- 
burgh, Scotland.) 

Western  Hospital  — 1269  Dorchester  St. 
Beds :    Men  20,  Women  20.     Total  40.     Cases  treated, 
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23  eye  and  ear),  129  men,  264  women,  5,080  Dispensary 
patients  (1,213  men,  3,867  women,  3,627  medical,  302  surgi- 
cal, 271  gynaecological,  745  nose  and  throat).  Ambulance 
service.  10  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month. 
Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  25,  20  accepted  ;  2  became  nurses.  Pay,  $7.50. 
Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon  weekly,  and  8  hours 
every  second  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  Lectures  on  massage.  Obstetrical  experience 
gained  at  another  Hospital.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  15.  Graduation 
month,  — .  Registry.  Address  the  Medical  Sec'y,  Dr. 
James  Perrigo.  The  Head  Nurse  is  Miss  F.  McBeath. 
(Graduate  of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  This  School  admits  colored  women  as  probationers. 

Sherbrooke  —  Sherbrooke  Protestant  Hospital. 

Beds:  15.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  3  nurses,  — proba- 
tioners. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  20  to  30.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  10  day,  12 
night.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  2  half  days  weekly.  Uni- 
fo''  "S  furnished.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  No  obstet- 
rical department.  Monthly  examinations.  School  founded, 
1896.  Graduation  month,  June.  Address  the  Supt. ,  Mrs. 
Sarah  E.  Bliss.     (  Graduate  of  Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

PROVINCE  OF  ONTARIO— Belleville— General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  12,  Women  12.  Total  24.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  6  nurses,  —  probationers. 
Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years  additional.  Ages, 
25  to  35.  Admission,  in  March,  April  and  May.  Applica- 
tions, 1895,  20.  6  accepted.  Pay,  $4.50.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  duty,  17  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  School 
founded,  1893.  Has  graduated  5.  Graduation  month, 
April.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  Eliza  C.  Gordon.  {Gradu- 
ate of  Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  controlled  by  the  Woman's  Christian  Association. 

Berlin  —  Berlin  and  Waterloo  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  10,  Women  13,  Children  i,  Pay  patients  12. 
Total  36.  Cases  treated,  1895,  70  (32  men,  38  women). 
6  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training, 
34  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1895, 
22.  6  accepted;  4  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5,  Duty  hours, 
12,  Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  i  afternoon  weekly,  and  part  of 
Sunday.   Vacation,  2  weeks.    Uniforms  furnished,    Lectures 


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on  massage.  Annual  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid 
Cookery.  School  founded,  1896.  Graduation  months,  March 
and  October,  Address  the  Lady  Supt. ,  Miss  Jessie  Duncan. 
(  Graduate  of  Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

Brockville  —  Brockville  General  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  10,  Women  10,  Children  4,  Pay  patients  20. 
Total  44.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  8  nurses,  —  proba- 
tioners. Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  25  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  75.  4  accepted  ; 
all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty, 
I  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly.  Lectures  on  massage.  Few  ob- 
stetrical cases.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1893.  Has  graduated  5.  Graduation  month,  — .  Address 
the  Supt. ,  Miss  M.  V.  Wilson.  {Graduate  of  Toronto  General 
Hospital. ) 

Gait  —  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  11,  Women  11,  Private  rooms  8.  Total  30. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  8  nurses,  —  probationers.  Proba- 
ti.">n,  I  month.  Training,  23  months  additional.  Ages,  21 
to  35.  Pay,  $5.50.  Duty  hours,  10%.  Off  duty,  16  (or 
more)  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished. 
No  obstetrical  department.  Annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  7,  Graduation  month,  — . 
Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  A.  P,  Robinson.  {Graduate  of 
Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

NoTK—  Nurses  have  the  option  of  taking  a  six  months'  extra  course  in  surgical 
nursing. 

F'^milton  —  City  Hospital. 

Be  :  Men  55,  Women  55,  Pay  patients  16.  Total  126. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  18  nurses, 
—  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  i^o-  8  ac- 
cepted. Pay,  $6.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour,  half 
day  weekly,  and  part  of  Sunday.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uni- 
forms furnished.  Lectures  on  massage.  Annual  examina- 
tions. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded, 
1890.  Has  graduated  30.  Graduation  month,  October. 
School  case  given  when  possible.  Registry.  Apply  to  the 
Lady  Supt.,  Miss  C.  M.  Bowman.  {Graduate  of  Toronto 
General  Hospital. ) 

Note  — The  Hospital  is  a  City  institution.  Is  building  a  separate  Nurses'  Home. 

Kingston  —  Kingston  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  45,  Women  60,  Children  15,  Infants  10,  Pay 
patients  30.    Total  160.    Cases  treated,  1895, — .    20  nurses, 


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2  or  3  probationers.  Probation,  6  weeks.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages,  23  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  60.  16 
accepted;  12  became  nurses.  No  pay.  Duty  hours,  9. 
Off  duty,  20  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms 
furnished.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded, 
1886.  Has  graduated  58.  Graduation  month,  April.  Reg- 
istry. Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  M.  H.  MacMillan.  {Gradu- 
ate of  the  Illinois  Training  School,  Chicago. ) 

Note  — The  Hospital  maintains  a  Contagious  Department. 

London  —  London  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  35,  Women  45,  Pay  patients,  12.  Total,  92. 
Cases  treated,  1895,  658  (361  men,  297  women),  481  medi- 
cal (54  obstetrical),  267  surgical  (96  gynaeocological),  984 
Dispensary.  Ambulance  service.  1 1  nurses,  2  probationers. 
Probation,  2  months.  Training,  22  months  additional. 
Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  10.  — accepted;  5 
became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  11.  ^Off  duty,  11 
hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Liiiforms  furnished. 
Semi-annual  examinations.  School  founded,  1883.  Has 
graduated  65.  Graduation  months,  April  and  October. 
Registry.  Address  the  Lady  Supt. ,  Miss  M.  S.  Tye.  {Gradu- 
ate of  the  Toronto  General  Hospital. ) 

Ottawa  —  Rideau  St.  —  i .  General  Protestant  Hospital.  — 
2.  Coirtagious  Diseases  Hospital  —  3.  Ottawa  Maternity 
Hospital. 

Beds:  In  i,  64;  in  2,  20;  in  3,  12.  Cases  treated,  1895  : 
in  I,  —  ;  in  2,  —  ;  in,  3,  — .  Ambulance  service.  21  nurses, 
2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training,  2  years 
additional.  Ages  22  to  32.  Applications,  1895,  75.  8 
accepted  ;  all  became  nurses.  Pay,  $6.50.  Duty  hours,  10 
day,  12  night.  Off  duty,  i  afternoon  weekly.  Vacation, 
2  weeks.  All  have  individual  bedrooms.  Annual  exami- 
nations. School  founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  26.  Gradu- 
ation month,  May.  School  case  given.  Post-Graduate 
course.  Registry.  Address  the  Lady  Supt.  of  the  Lady 
Stanley  Institute,  Miss  Gertrude  W.  Moore.  {Graduate  of 
Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

KOTE  —  The  nursing  in  the  three  Hospitals  is  done  by  the  members  of  the 
"  I«ady  Stanley  Institute  "  Training  School,  Ottawa. 

St.  Catherines  —  General  and  Marine  Hospital. 

Beds :  Men  24,  Women  18.  Total  42.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  294,  184  men,  102  women  (8  obstetric).  10  nurses, 
2  probationers.     Probation,  i  month.     Training,  23  months 


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additional.  Ages,  20  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  50.  15 
accepted;  4  became  nurses.  Pay,  $4.50.  Duty  hours,  12. 
Off  Duty,  I  hour  daily,  and  two  half  days  weekly.  Vaca- 
tion, 2  weeks.  Text-books  furnished.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  School  founded,  1874.  Has  graduated  65.  Address 
the  Supt. ,  Miss  Hannah  HoUingworth,  {Graduate  of  Toronto 
General  HospitaL  ) 
Its  motto  is  Video  et  Taceo. 

Note.  —The  School  is  known  as  the  Mnck  Training  School. 

Toronto  —  Grace  Hospital  —  College  and  Huron  Sts. 

Beds:  Men  30,  Women  35,  Pay  patients,  30.  Total,  95. 
Cases  treatec'  1896,  712  (192  surgical,  520  medical),  56 
obstetric.  22  nur.ses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  2  months. 
Training,  35  months  additional.  Ages,  23  to  35.  Appli- 
cations, 1895,  150-  75  accepted;  5  became  nurses.  Pay, 
$5.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  2  hours  daily,  half  day 
twice  weekly.  Vacation,  3  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished. 
Quarterly  examinations.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery. 
School  founded,  1891.  Has  graduated  33.  Graduation 
month,  May.  School  case  given.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  E. 
B.  Clarke.     {Graduate  of  this  School.^ 

The  motto  of  the  School  is  MisERis  Succurrere  Disco. 


NoTK. —The  Hospital  is  Homeopathic.    Before  applicants  are  finally  accepted 
they  must  pass  a  physical  examination  before  the  Medical  Board. 

Hospital  for  Sick  Children  —  College  St. 

Beds:  160.  Cases  treated,  534  (313  boys,  221  girls),  248 
medical,  286  surgical.  21  nurses,  4  probationers.  Proba- 
tion, 3  months.  Training,  2  years.  Ages,  20  to  30.  P'\y, 
$4.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  3  hours  daily,  and  6  twice 
weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  Head 
nurses  have  individual  bedrooms.  No  obstetrical  depart- 
ment, but  some  outside  experience.  Semi-annual  exami- 
nations. Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  Registry.  School 
founded,  1886.  Has  graduated  56.  Graduation  month, 
June.  Address  the  Lady  Supt.,  Miss  Louise  C.  Brent. 
{Graduate  of  the  Brooklyn  {N.   K. )  Hospital.^ 

Toronto  General  Hospital  —  Gerrard  St.  East. 

Beds  :  Men  200,  Women  200,  private  rooms,  26.  Total, 
426.  Cases  treated,  1895,  3,016  (1,674  men,  1,342  women), 
2,442  medical,  surgical  and  gynaecological,  283  obstetric, 
291  eye  and  ear.  Ambulance  service.  60  nurses,  4  pro- 
bationers. Probation,  i  or  2  montls.  Training,  3  years 
additional.     Ages,  25  to  35.     Applications,  1895,  600.     — 


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accepted;  28  became  nurses.  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  gy^. 
Off  duty,  I  hour  daily,  half  day  weekly,  and  half  Sunday. 
Vacation,  2  weeks  first  year  ;  3,  second;  4,  third.  Uniforms 
furnished.  Semi-annual  examinations.  A  separate  Nurses' 
Home.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  School  founded, 
1 88 1.  Has  graduated  251.  Graduation  month,  Novem1)er. 
Registry.  Address  the  Lady  Supt.,  Miss  Mary  A.  Snively. 
(  Graduate  of  Bellcvi4e  Hospital,  New  York. ) 

Woodstock  —  Woodstock  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  30.  Cases  treated,  1895, — .  Ambulance  service. 
8  nurses,  2  probationers.     Probation,  i  month.     Training, 

2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  32.  Applications,  1895, 
52.  8  accepted  ;  Pay,  $5.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  8 
hours  weekly,  and  two  half  days.  Vacation,  2  weeks  first 
year  ;  3,  second.  Uniforms  and  text-books  furnished.  Nurses 
have  individual  bedrooms.  lycctures  on  massage.  Monthly 
examinations.  School  founded,  1895.  Address  the  Lady 
Supt. ,  Miss  M.  Warren  Falkiner.  {Gradtiate  of  the  Toronto 
General  Hospital. ) 

MANITOBA  —  Winnipeg  —  Winnipeg  General  Hospital. 

Beds:  General  130,  Private  rooms  20.  Total  150,  besides 
50  in  the  Contagious  Ward.  Cases  treated,  1896,  1,496 
(467  contagious,  76  obstetrical),  434  surgical,  595  medical 
(263  children).    Ambulance  service  (253  cases).    30  nurses, 

3  probationers.  Probation,  2  months.  Training,  3  years 
additional.  Ages,  21  to  34.  Applications,  1895,  no.  20 
accepted;  12  became  nurses.  Pay,  $8.  Duty  hours,  10. 
Off  duty,  15  to  18  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Text- 
books furnished.  Most  nurses  have  individual  bedrooms. 
Lectures  on  massage.  Instruction  in  Invalid  Cookery.  An- 
nual examinations.  Schoox  founded,  1887.  Has  graduated 
48.  Graduation  months.  May  and  October.  School  case 
given.  Address  the  Lady  Supt. ,  Miss  B,  Holland.  {Graduate 
of  this  School. ) 

Note  —  Two  Nurses'  Homes,  one  for  those  serving  in  the  Contagious  Depart- 
ment (which  is  a  separate  building,  as  is  also  the  Maternity). 

ALBERTA,  N.  W.  T.  — Calgary  — Calgary  General  Hos- 
pital. 

Beds :  Men  10,  Women  6,  Private  rooms  6,  Isolation 
Ward  3.  Total  25.  Cases  treated,  1895,  — .  5  nurses, 
I  probationer.  Probation,  2  months.  .  Training,  3  years 
additional;  Ages,  21  to  35.  Applications,  1895,  6.  2  ac- 
cepted; both  became  nurses.     Pa3%  $7.83.     Duty  hours,  12. 


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Off  duty,  15  hours  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  School 
founded,  1895.  Address  the  Supt.,  Miss  E.  Birtles.  {Gradu- 
ate of  Winnipeg  General  Hospital,  Winnipeg.^ 

ASSINIBOIA,  N.  W.  T.  — Medicine  Hat  — Medicine  Hat 
General  Hospital. 

Beds:  Men  22,  Women  14.  Total  36.  Cases  treated, 
1895,  590  (366  Dispensary  patients),  160  men,  64  women 
(60  surgical,  132  medical),  20  obstetrical,  33  children. 
5  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
35  months  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Admission,  December 
and  January.  Applications,  1895,  ^i-  3  accepted  ;  all  be- 
came nurses.  Pay,  $11.  Duty  hours,  11.  Off  duty,  i  hour 
daily,  and  i  afternoon.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Nurses  have 
individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage.  Semi-annual 
examinations.  School  founded,  1894.  Has  graduated  2. 
Giaduation  month,  January.  $25  given  at  graduation. 
Registry.  Address  the  Lady  Supt. ,  Miss  Annie  C.  Millar. 
{Graduate  of  Royal  Infirmary^  Glasgow. ) 

Note  —  Obstetric  Department  is  in  a  separate  building. 

BRITISH  COLUMBIA  —  Victoria  —  Provincial  Royal 
Jubilee  Hospital. 

Beds:    Men  36,  Women   17.     Total  53.     Cases  treated, 

1895,  — .  Ambulance  service.  12  nurses,  —  probationers. 
Probation,  3  months.  Training,  21  months  additional. 
Ages,  21  to  30.  Applications,  1895,  — .  4  accepted.  Pay, 
$8.75.  Duty  hours,  12.  Off  duty,  i  hour  daily,  and  2  half 
days  weekly.  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished.  No 
obstetric  department.  Semi-annual  examinations.  School 
founded,  1890.  Has  graduated  13.  Address  the  Lady  Supt., 
Miss  M.  MacMillan.  {Graduate  of  the  Toronto  General  Hos- 
pital. ) 

NOVA  SCOTIA  — Halifax  — Nova  Scotia  Hospital  for  the 
Insane. 

Beds:     360  (and  35  in  Infirmary).     Cases  (patients)  in 

1896,  468.  18  women  nurses,  besides  untrained  male  attend- 
ants. Probation,  i  month.  Training,  23  months  addi- 
tional. Ages,  over  18.  Applications,  1896,  20.  8  accepted. 
Pay  $11  ($13.50  to  graduates).  Duty  hours,  I3j4.  Off 
duty,  half  day  weekly,  4  hours  Sunday  (3  hours  additional 
each  week).  Vacation,  2  weeks.  Uniforms  furnished. 
Seniors  have  individual  bedrooms.  Lectures  on  massage. 
Instruction  in  lovalid  Cookery.  School  founded,  1893. 
Has  graduated   20.     Annual   examinations.     Address    the 


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Medical  Supt.,  Dr.  Geo.  L.  Sinclair.     The  Head  Nurse  i.n 
Miss  Harriet  Sampson.     {Graduate  of  this  School, ) 

Note  — Thli  i*  a  rfOveriini<.iit  inatitutiou.     Rnch  tiurie  tcnrea  In  turn  In  tht 
Infirmary  wards,  uperatinK  room,  etc. 

Victoria  General  Hospital  —  Tower  Road. 

Beds:  Men  75,  Women  75,  Children  4,  Pay  patients,  7. 
Total  161.  Cases  treated,  1895,  1,308  (857  men,  451 
women),  567  medical,  741  surgical.  Ambulance  service. 
21  nurses,  2  probationers.  Probation,  i  month.  Training, 
2  years  additional.  Ages,  20  to  30.  Applications,  1895, 
40.  13  accepted;  11  became  nurses.  Pay,  $10.  Duty 
hours,  10.  Off  duty,  15  hours  weekly.  Quarterly  exami- 
nations. Vacation,  2  weeks.  A  separate  Nurses'  Home 
and  individual  bedrooms.  Uniforms  furnished.  Instruction 
in  Invalid  Cookery.  I^ectures  on  massage.  Obstetrical 
experience  at  another  hospital.  School  founded ,  1 89c  Has 
graduated  3.  Address  the  Medical  Supt.,  Dr.  A.  P.  keid, 
The  Supt.  of  Nurses  is  Miss  Bertha  Elliot.  {Graditate  of 
Boston  City  Hospital. ) 

Male  Training  Department. 

Same  as  foregoing  in  essential  particulars.  Founded,  1894. 
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SCHOOLS  CHARGING  AN  ENTRANCE  FEE. 

Fee. 

Baptist  Hospital,  Chicago $2.00 

Mary  Fletcher  Hospital,  Burlington,  Vt lo.oo 

New  Jersey  Training  School,  Camden 50.00 

State   University    (Homeopathic   Department)    Iowa 

City,  Iowa 5.00 

(and  $5.00  extra  if  Massage  is  taught.) 

SCHOOLS  PAYING  NOTHING. 

Alexian  Brothers  (for  men  only) Chicago,  111. 

All  Saints Kansas  City,  Mo. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

Buffalo  Homeopathic Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

Chicago Chicago,  111. 

Frederick  Douglass  Memorial Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Grace Detroit,  Mich. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation. ) 

Harper  (Farrand  Training  School)  ....   Detroit,  Mich. 

(Pays  $100  third  year.) 

Hahnemann Chicago,  111. 

Infants'  (Post-Gradiiate  course) Boston,  Mass. 

($35  allowed  for  personal  expenses.) 

Jefferson  Maternity Philadelphia,  Pa. 

John  N.  Norton  Memorial  Infirmary  .    .    .  Louisville,  Ky. 

Johns  Hopkins Baltimore,  Md. 

(Several  scholarships  awarded  annually.) 

Kingston  General Kingston,  Canada. 

Maryland  General Baltimore,  Md. 

Mary  Thompson Chicago,  111. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

Methodist  Epitscopal Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

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Newport Newport,  R.  I. 

Phillis  Wheatley New  Orleans,  La. 

Provident Chicago,  111. 

Reading Reading,  Pa. 

(Pays  $150  during  course.) 

Riverside  (North  Western  Training  School) ,  Wausau,  Wis. 
(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

Scarritt Kansas  City,  Mo. 

St.  Mary's Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

St.  Vincent's New  York,  N.  Y. 

(Gives  $125  during  2  years.) 

Tabitha Chicago,  111. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

Toledo Toledo,  O. 

Union  Benevolent  Association  ....  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Wilkes  Barre  City Wilkes  Barre,  Pa. 

Winona  General Winona,  Minn. 

(Gives  $100  at  graduation.) 

Wisconsin  Training  School Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Woman's* St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Paying  $2*50* 

St.  Luke's St,  Louis,  Mo. 

Paying  $3*33* 

German- American  Hospital Chicago,  111. 

(Bethesda  Training  School.) 
Illinois  Training  School ,  •    •    •   Chicago,  111. 

Paying  $4*00. 

City  (also  gives  $100  at  graduation)  .    .  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Children's Toronto,  Canada. 

Dixie  (also  gives  $50  at  graduation)  ....  Hampton,  Va. 

Homeopathic  ($4.16) '  .    .  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

St.  Luke's '. Chicago,  111. 

Paying  $4^50. 

Belleville  General Belleville,  Canada. 

General  and  Marine St.  Catharines,  Canada. 

(Mack  Training  School.) 

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Berlin  and  Waterloo Berlin,  Canada. 

Dodd's  Hospital Ashland,  Wis. 

(Ashland  Training  School.) 

Emergency Washington,  D.  C. 

Gait  General  ($5.50) Gait,  Canada. 

Garfield  Park Chicago,  111. 

German Newark,  N.  J. 

German  (also  gives  $ioo  at  graduation)  .  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Grace  Homeopathic Toronto,  Canada. 

Hargous  Hahnemann  Homeopathic  .    .    .  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Lakeside  (also  gives  $50  at  graduation)  .    .    .  Chicago,  111. 

Lexington  Heights Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

London  General London,  Canada. 

Louisville  City Louisville,  Ky. 

(Also  gives  $75  at  graduation. ) 

Lying-in  Charity Philadelphia,  Pa. 

National  Homeopathic Washington,  D.  C. 

Samaritan Philadelphia,    r'a. 

Sherbrooke  Protestant Sherbrooke,  Can^     . 

St.  John's Lowell,  Mass. 

St.  John's  (also  gives  $50  at  graduation)  .  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

St.  Joseph's Chicago,  111. 

St.  Joseph's Paterson,  N.  J. 

St.  Mark's  (also  gives  $100  at  graduation)  NewYork,  N.  Y. 

Toronto  General Toronto,  Canada. 

Troy Troy,  N.  Y. 

University  of  Michigan  ($5.40)    ....   Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
(Allopathic  Department. ) 

Woodstock  General Woodstock,  Canada. 

Paying  $6*00. 

Epworth  (gives  also  $15  at  graduation)  ,  South  Bend,  Ind. 

Hamilton  City Hamilton,  Canada. 

Medico- Chirurgical Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Memorial Orange,  N.  J. 

State  University Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

(Homeopathic  Department.) 

St.  Agnes Philadelphia,  Pa. 

St.  Joseph's Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wesley Chicago,  111. 


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Paying  $6.25* 

Fabiola Oakland,  Cal. 

Howard  (also  gives  $50  at  graduation)    .    Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Paying  $6.50. 

Brockville  General Brockville,  Canada. 

City Zanesville,  O. 

Free  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children   .   Brooklinc,  Mass. 

Harrisburg  General Harrisburg,  Pa. 

I^ackawanna Sctanton,  Pa. 

Lady  Stanley  Training  Institute  ....  Otta^va,  Canada. 

Moses  Taylor Scranton,  Pa. 

St.  lyuke's Davenport,  Iowa. 

Seattle  General Seattle,  Wash. 

William  W.  Backus  Memorial Norwich,  Conn., 

Woman's Saginaw,  Mich. 

Paying  $7. 

Albany  City  Hospital Albany,  N.  Y. 

Baptist    Sanitarium St.    Louis. 

Bethany Kansas  City,   Kan. 

Buffalo  Hospital  of  Sisters  of  Charity  .    .    .  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Butterworth Grand   Rapids,    Mich. 

City  ($7.12) Meadville,  Pa. 

Freedmen's Washington,  D.  C. 

Jefferson Philadelphia. 

John  Sealy Galveston. 

Montreal  General Montreal. 

New  Haven  (Connecticut  Training  School)  .    .  New  Haven. 
New  York  Infirmary  for  Women  and  Children,  New  York. 

Old  Dominion Richmond. 

Post- Graduate Chicago. 

Post-Graduate New  York. 

Roosevelt New  York. 

Trenton  City  .    , Trenton,  N.  J. 

Paying  $7.30  to  $7.50. 

Augusta  City  ($7.50.) Augusta,   Ga. 

Brooklyn  ($7.30.) Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Charity  ($7.30.) Norristown,  Pa. 

Fannie  C.  Paddock  Memorial  ($7.50.)  .    .    .  Tacoma,  Wash. 

Hackensack  ($7.50.) Hackensack,  N.  J. 

Hamot  ($7.50.) Erie,  Pa. 

Polyclinic  ($7.33.) Philadelphia. 

St.  Luke's  ($7.50.) Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Western Montreal. 


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Paying  $8* 

Women's West  Philadelphia. 

Arapahoe  County Denver. 

Asbury  M.  K Minneapolis. 

Aultman Canton,  Ohio. 

Baptist Chicago. 

Baptist St.  Louis. 

Binghamton  City Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Burbank Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Calgary  ($7.83.) Calgary,   N.  W.  T.,  Canada. 

Carney South  Boston. 

Cincinnati Cincinnati. 

City Amsterdam,  N.  Y. 

Emergency  ($7.92.) Fall  River,  Mass. 

Hahnemann Philadelphia. 

Homeopathic  (Cleveland  Training  School)  .    .    ,  Cleveland. 

Jewish Cincinnati. 

Mercy Chicago. 

Nathan  Littauer Gloversville,  N.  Y. 

National  Temperance Chicago. 

Portland  Homeopathic Portland,  Oregon. 

Protestant  Infirmary Lexington,  Ky. 

Royal  Victoria Montreal. 

St.  Agnes (Carroll  P.  O.)  Baltimore. 

St.  Mark's Salt  Lake  City. 

Westmoreland Greensburg,  Pa. 

Winnipeg  General Winnipeg,    Manitoba. 

Woman's Chicago. 

Paying  $8,50  to  $8.75. 

Brooklyn    Homeopathic   ($8.67.) Brooklyn. 

City Charleston,  S.  C. 

Cottage Des  Moines,   Iowa. 

Lowell   General Lowell,   Mass. 

Mav>sachusetts  Homeopathic  ($8.75.)    .    .    .    Boston,  Mass. 

Provincial  Royal  Jubilee  ($8.75.) Victoria,  B.  C. 

St.  Elizabeth's  ($8.67.) Boston,  Mass. 

St.  Vincent  de  Paul Norfolk,  Va. 

Virginia Richmond. 

Woman's  Christian  Ass'n  ($8.75.)   ,    .    .  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Paying  $9  to  $J0. 

Allegheny  General Allegheny,  Pa. 

Astoria  ($9.50.) Astoria,  (L.  I.)  N.  Y. 

Auburn Auburn,  N.  Y. 


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Aurora Aurora,  IIU 

Bellevue  ($9.50,) New  York, 

Blessing Quincy,  IlL 

Central  Maine  General Lewiston. 

Chester  County West  Chester,  Pa, 

City Kingston,  N.  Y. 

City  and  County St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Children's Philadelphia,  Pa, 

Christ Jersey  City,  N.  J, 

Cottage Claremont,  N.  H. 

Cottage Peoria,  IlL 

Episcopal  ($9.10) Philadelphia,  Pa, 

(Hospital  of  the  P.  E.  Church.) 

Flushing  ($9.50) Flushing  (L.  I.)  N.  Y, 

Framingham  ($9.50) So.  Framingham,  Mass. 

Good  Samaritan   ($9.50) Portland,  Oregon, 

Hahnemann  ($9.50) New  York,  N.  Y, 

Hahnemann Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Homeopathic  of  Delaware Wilmington,  Del, 

Lebanon New  York,   N.  Y, 

Maiden Maiden,   Mass. 

Melrose  ($9.50) Melrose,  Mass, 

Mercer Trenton,  N.  J, 

Methodist  i^^piscopal Philadelphia,  Pa, 

Milwaukee  County  and  City Wauwatosa,  Wis, 

Mount  Sinai  ($9.50) New  York,  N.  Y, 

North  Adams No.  Adams,  Mass. 

Philadelphia Philadelphia,  Pa, 

Presbyterian  ($9.33) Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Presbyterian Allegheny,  Pa, 

Protestant St.  Louis,  Mo, 

Providence  Eying-In Providence,  R   I. 

Rebekah St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Red  Cross New  York,  N.  Y. 

Retreat  for  the  Sick Norfolk,  Va. 

Retreat  for  the  Sick Richmond,  Va. 

Springfield Springfield,  Mass. 

Touro  Infirmary New  Orleans,  La. 

Woman's  ($9.33)  .    .    .    .' Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Woman's  Charity  Club  ($8.90)  .  Roxbury  (Boston)  Mass. 

Paying  $iO* 

Augustana  Hospital Chicago,  111. 

California  Woman's  Hospital San  Francisco,  Cal. 


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City Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

City Quincy,  Mass. 

City  and  County San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Children's Boston,  Mass. 

Children's BufTalo,  N.  Y. 

Christ's Topeka,   Kan. 

Clinton Clinton,  Mass. 

Cortland Cortland,  N.  Y. 

Cottage Galesburg,  111. 

Elizabeth  General Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Englewood  Union Chicago,  111. 

Fall  River Fall  River,  Mass. 

Garfield  Memorial Washington,  D.  C. 

Highland  Park  Sanitarium Montgomery,  Ala. 

Homeopathic Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Homeopathic Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  .    .  San  Fruncisco,  Cal. 

House  of  Mercy Pittsfield,  Mass. 

House  of  the  Good  Shepherd Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Jennie  Casseday  Infirmary  for  Women  .    .  Louisville,  Ky. 

lyawrence  General Lawrence,  Mass. 

Little  Falls Little  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Maryland  University Baltimore,  Md. 

Memorial New  London,  Conn. 

Memorial  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

Minneapolis  City Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Mitchell  and  Maury  Sanitarium  for  Women  .  Memphis,Tenn. 

Morton  Hospital Taunton,  Mass. 

New  England  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children, 

Roxbury  (Boston)  Mass. 

Newton Newton  Lower  Falls,  Mass. 

North  Western Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Oil  City Oil  City,  Pa. 

Polyclinic Chicago,   111. 

Presbyterian New  York,  N.  Y. 

Rockford Rockford,  111. 

Sherman Elgin,  111. 

South  Side Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

State Fountain  Springs,  Pa. 

S.  R.  Smith  Infirmary New  Brighton,  N.  Y. 

St.  Andrew's  Infirmary  for  Women  .    .    .  New  York,  N.  Y. 

St.  Barnabas Newark,  N.  J. 

St.  John's  Riverside Yonkers,  N,  Y. 

St.  Luke's Denver,  Col. 


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St.  Luke's Duluth. 

St.  Luke's New  Bedford,   Mass. 

St.  Luke's New  York,  N.  Y. 

St,  Luke's Utica,  N.  Y. 

Syracuse  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Union  Protestant  Infirmary Baltimore,  Md. 

Victoria  General Halifax,  N.  S. 

Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Woman's Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Paying  $n. 

Almshouse  and  Hospital  (Long  Island)  .    .  Boston,  Mass. 
Anna  Jaques  Hospital  ($10.50)  .    .    .  Newburyport,  Mass. 

Arnot-Ogden  Memorial  ($10.50) Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Bridgeport  ($10.50) Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Brockton Brockton,  Mass. 

Buffalo  General  ($10.50) BuflFalo,  N.  Y. 

Cooper  ($10.50) Camden,  N.  J. 

KUiot Manchester,  N.  H. 

Faxton  ($11.33) Utica,  N.  Y. 

Jane  C.  Stormont  ($11.50) Topeka,  Kan. 

Lynn  ($10.50) Lynn,  Mass. 

Mary  Fletcher Burlington,  Vt. 

Mary  Hitchcock Hanover,  N.  H. 

Medicine  Hat  General  .    .  Medicine  Hat,  N.  W.  T". ,  Canada. 

Mills  (Male  T.  S.  of  Bellevue) New  York,  N.  Y. 

Mountainside Montclair,  N.  J. 

Newark  City  ($11.25) Newark,  N,  J. 

Nova  Scotia  Insane Halifax,  N.  S. 

Paterson  General Paterson,  N.  J. 

Rhode  Island  Homeopathic Providence,  R.  I. 

Rochester  City Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Somerville  ($10.50) Somerville,  Mass. 

St.  Louis  City St.  Louis,  Mo. 

St.  Luke's  .    .~ St.  Paul,  Minn. 

State  Insane  ($16  to  men) Columbia,  S.  C. 

State  Insane  ($13.50  to  men) Morganton,  N.  C. 

Streeter  ($10.70) Chicago,  111. 

Thrall  ($10.70) Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Williamsport Williamsport,   Pa. 

Paying  $t2  to  $15. 

Boston  City Boston,  Mass. 

Boston  Lying-in  ($11.90) Boston,  Mass. 

Brooklyn  Maternity Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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City  ($22  to  men) Worcester,  Mass. 

Cottage  ($14) Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Danbury Danbury,  Conn. 

Eastern  Maine  General Bangor,  Me. 

Erie  County  ($12.50) Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

French  ($12.50) San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Hartford Hartford,  Conn. 

Holyoke  City Holyoke,  Mass. 

Long  Island  College Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Maine  General Portland,  Me. 

Margaret  Pillsbury Hanover,  N.  H. 

Massachusetts  General Boston,  Mass. 

Metropolitan  (Homeopathic)   ($12.50)    .   New  York,  N.  Y. 

Michael  Reese  ($11.67) Chicago,  111. 

Muhlenberg Plainfield,  N.  J. 

New  York  ($13) New  York,  N.  Y. 

New  York  City    ($12.50) New  York,  N.  Y. 

New  York  City  (Male  Dep't.)   ($12.33)  .  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Rhode  Island  ($12.50) Providence,  R.  I. 

Salem Salem,  Mass. 

State  Insane  ($13.50  to  men) Morganton,  N.  C. 

St.  IvUke's  ($12.50) San  Francisco,  Cal. 

University  of  Pennsylvania Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Woman's  ($14.12) New  York,  N.  Y. 

Paying  $15. 

Binghamton  State  Insane  Hospital   ($21.92  to  men) 

Bingham  ton,  N.  Y. 
Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary 

Boston,  Mass. 

Nashville  City Nashville,  Tenn. 

Rochester  State  Insane  ($2 1  to  men^  .  .  .  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
St.  Lawrence  State  Insane  ($2 1  to  men)  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y. 
St.  Peter  State  Insane  ($21.50  to  men)  .    .  St.  Peter,  Minn. 

Paying  $i6  and  upward* 

Buffalo  State  Insane  ($16,50  women ;  $24.50  men) 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

City  ($22  to  men) Worcester,  Mass. 

Cleveland  State,  for  Insane  ($19)     .    .    .    ...  Cleveland,  O. 

Danvers  Lunatic North  Danvers,  Mass. 

Eastern     Michigan     Insane     (women     [average]    $19.50; 

men  $30)  .  Pontiac,  Mich. 
Fergus  Falls  State  Insane  ($18.50  women;  $24  men) 

Fergus  Falls,  Minn. 


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Friends'  Asylum  for  Insane  ($i8  women;  $20.75  men) 

Frankford  (Philadelphia)  Pa. 
Hudson  River  State  Insane  (women  [average]  $2 1  ; 

men,  $26.50)  .  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
Kalamazoo  In.sane  ($19.50  [average]  women ;  $29  men) 

Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
McLean  Hospital  for  Insane,  ($17.33  women;  $26  men) 

Waverley,  Mass. 
Middletown  State  Insane  ($22  women  ;  $27  men) 

Middletown,  N.  Y. 
New  Jersey  State  Hospital  for  Insane  ($16  women  ; 

$23.50  men)  .  Morris  Plains,  N.  J. 
State  Almshouse  Hospital  ($20)  .  .  .  .  Tewksbury,  Mass. 
State  flnsane$ii  women;  $16  men)  .  .  .  Columbia,  S.  C. 
State  (Insane  $12  to  $18  women;  $18  to  $25  men) 

Rochester,  Minn. 
State  Insane  ($15  women;  $21  men)  .  .  .  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Utica  State  Insane  ($21  to  men) Utica,  N.  Y. 


n. 
DENOMINATIONAL  —  PROTESTANT— SCHOOLS. 


Name 


Location 


Controlled  by 
(Church) 

Augustana  Hospital Chicago Swedish  Luth. 

Asbury  M.  E Minneapolis  ....  Methodist  Epis. 

Baptist Chicago Baptist. 

Baptist St.  Louis Baptist. 


Bethany Kansas  City,  Kan. 

Christ JS^^^Y  ^^^y*  ^*  J* 

Christ's .  Topeka,  Kan.  .   . 

Fannie  C.  Paddock  Memorial  .  Tacoma,  Wash.    . 

Good  Samaritan Pori:land,  Oregon 

Harper Detroit Presbyterian. 

Hospital  of  the  P.  E.  Church   .  Philadelphia  ....  Protestant  Epis. 
Methodist  Episcopal  Hospital  .  Philadelphia  ....  Methodist  Epis. 


Methodist  Epis. 
Protestant  Epis. 
Protestant  Epis. 
Protestant  Epis. 
Protestant  Epis. 


Protestant  Infirmary Lexington,  Ky. 

Presbyterian Allegheny,  Pa. 


St. 
St. 
St, 


John's Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Barnabas Newark,  N.  J. 

Luke's  Hospital Denver  .    .    . 

Duluth   .    .    . 


Protestant  Epis. 
Presbyterian. 
Protestant  Epis. 


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Minneapolis  .  .  . 
New  York  .  .  .  . 
San  Francisco  .  . 
St.  Louis  .    .    .    . 

St.  Paul 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 


Tabitha Chicago 


M.  E.  Ch.,  South. 
Norwegian  Luth. 


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PROTESTANT  SCHOOLS 

(ADMITTING  NONE  BUT  PROTESTANTS  AS  PROBA- 
TIONERS). 

Asbiiry  Methodist  Epis.  Hospital  .    .    .  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Augustana Chicago,  111. 

Baptist Chicago,  111. 

Bethany  (only  Methodists) Kansas  City,  Kan. 

City Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

" Meadville,  Pa. 

" Trenton,  N.  J. 

Hospital  of  the  Protestant  Epis.  Church  .  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Methodist  Episcopal Philadelphia,  Pa. 

National  Temperance Chicago,  111. 

Protestant St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Retreat  for  the  Sick Richmond,  Va. 

Presbyterian Allegheny,  Pa. 

St.  Andrew's  Infirmary  for  Women New  York. 

St.  John's Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Sherbrooke  Protestant Sherbrooke,  Conn. 

Toledo Toledo,  O. 

Union  Protestant  Infirmary Baltimore,  Md. 

CATHOLIC   SCHOOLS, 

(PROTESTANTS  USUALLY  ADMITTED  AS  PROBA- 
TIONERS). 

Alexian  Brothers  (for  men  nurses  only)  .    .    .  Chicago,  111. 

Carney South  Boston,  Mass. 

Mercy Chicago,  111. 

St.  Agnes Philadelphia,  Pa. 

St.  Elizabeth's Boston,  Mass. 

St.  John's Lowell,  Mass. 

St.  Mary's Baltimore,  Md. 

St.  Mary's Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

St.  Joseph's Chicago,  111. 

St.  Joseph's Philadelphia,  Pa. 

St,  Joseph's Paterson,  N.  J. 

Sisters  of  Charity Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

St.  Vincent's New  York. 

St.  Vincent  de  Paul Norfolk,  Va. 

Troy  Hospital Troy,  N.  Y. 

JEWISH  SCHOOLS. 

(CHRISTIANS  ADMITTED  AS  PROBATIONERS.) 
Jewish  Hospital   ....    Cincinnati,  O.   (Avondale  P.  O.) 
Jewish Philadelphia,  Pa.  (Logan  Station  P.  O. ) 


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Michael  Reese Chicas^o,  111. 

Mount  Sinai  ,    .     • New  York. 

Touro  lufirniary New  Orleans,  La. 

m. 

SCHOOLS  FOR  COLORED  NURSES  (EXCLUSIVELY). 

The  Training  School  for  Nurses  is  another  one  of  the  experiments  ot 
the  past  year  which  has  produced  practical  results  of  a  highly 
satisfactory  character.  There  has  been  a  marked  char.ge  in  the 
character  and  mental  equipment  of  the  young  women  who  now 
apply  for  opportunities  to  fit  themselves  for  this  industrial  pro- 
fession. The  lack  of  openings  in  other  fields  of  usefulness  where 
bright  young  colored  women  are  permitted  to  enter  and  compete 
with  their  more  favored  sisters  for  an  honest  livelihood,  has  thrown 
into  this  comparatively  new  industrial  pursuit  many  young  women 
who,  having  graduated  from  the  high  schools  of  the  country,  find 
themselves  without  opportunities  tor  obtaining  employment  as 
teachers,  typewriters,  etc.,  and,  coming  into  the  training  school 
of  this  hospital,  have  completely  transformed  the  conditions  here- 
tofore observable  throughout  the  several  wards. 

They  have  intelligently  comprehended  the  character  of  their 
work,  and  have  faithfully  performed  it.  They  have  given  earnest 
and  painstaking  service  in  the  wards,  and  have  applied  themselves 
with  great  diligence  and  efficiency  to  the  work  of  the  lecture 
room. — Frccdmen' s  Hospital^  Washington,  i8g6  report. 

Dixie  Hospital Hampton,  Va. 

Frederick  Douglass  Memorial Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Freedmen's Washington,  D.  C. 

Phillis  Wheatley  Sanitarium New  Orleans,  La. 

Provident Chicago,  111. 

(THE  FOLLOWING  ADMIT  COLORED  PROBATIONERS.) 

All  Saints' Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Milwaukee  City  and  County  Hospital  .    .  Wauwatosa,  Wis. 

Medico  Chirurgical Philadelphia,  Pa. 

New  England,  for  Women  and  Children 

Roxbury  (Boston)  Mass. 

Philadelphia Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Williamsport Williamsport,  Pa. 

Western Montreal,  Canada. 

rv. 
SCHOOLS  FOR  MEN  NURSES.,   . 

Alexian  Brothers'  Hospital Chicago,  111. 

Baptist Chicago,  111. 

Bellevue  ("Mills' Training  School") New  York. 

City Worcester,  Mass. 


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Fabiola ^ Oakland,  Cal. 

Grace Detroit,  Mich. 

New  York  City New  York. 

Victoria  General Halifax,  N.  S. 

Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

(See  also  list  of  Insane  Asylum  Schools,  all  of  which  admit  men 
pupils. ) 

V. 

INSANE  ASYLUM  AND  HOSPITAL  SCHOOLS. 

Binghamton  State  Hcjpital Binghaniton,  N.  Y. 

Dan  vers  Lunatic North  Dan  vers,  Mass. 

Eastern  Michigan Pontiac. 

Essex  County  Insane Newark,  N.  J. 

Fergus  Falls  State Fergus  Falls,  Minn. 

Friends'  Asylum Frankford  (Philadelphia)  Pa. 

Hudson  River Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Homeopathic Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Kalamazoo  Insane Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

McLean Waverley,  Mass. 

Nova  Scotia Halifax,  N.  S. 

Rochester  State Rochester,  Minn. 

St.  Lawrence  State Ogdensburg,  N.  Y. 

St.  Peter St.  Peter,  Minn. 

State  Hospital Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Utica,  N.  Y. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Cleveland,  O. 

Morris  Plains,  N.J. 

Morganton,  N.  C. 

Columbia,  S.  C. 

"  "  Independence,  Iowa. 

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Albany  Hospital Albany,  N.  Y. 

Brooklyn Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Brooklyn  Homeopathic Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Berlin  and  Waterloo Berlin,  Canada. 

Calgary  General Calgary,  N.  W.  T.,  Canada. 

Carney South  Boston,  Mass. 

Children's Boston,    Mass. 

City Hamilton,   Canada. 

Elizabeth  General Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Faxton Utica,  N.  Y. 


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markable properties.  It  is  not 
only  invaluable  as  a  safeguard 
against  diseases  of  the  skin, 
but  also  for  the  ordinary  re- 
quirements of  the  Toilet  and 
Bath.  This  Soap  is  made  ex- 
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HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 


Good  Samaritan  (2%  years) Portland,  Oregon. 

Grace  (Homeopathic) Detroit,   Mich. 

Hahnemann Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hamot Erie,   Pa. 

Harper  ( ' '  Farrand  Training  School "  )  .    .    .  Detroit,  Mich. 

Homeopathic Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Illinois  Training  School Chicago,  111. 

Jefferson Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Jewish  (3d  year  optional) Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Johns  Hopkins Baltimore,  Md. 

Medicine  Hat  General  .    .  Medicine  Hat,  N.  W.  T.,  Canada. 

Medico- Chirurgical Philadelphia,  Pa, 

Michael  Reese Chicago,  111. 

Montreal   General Montreal,    Canada. 

Newport  (2j4  years) Newport,  R.  I. 

Newton Newton  Lower  Falls,  Mass. 

New  York New  York. 

New  York  Infirmary  for  Women  and  Children 

(2^   years) New  York. 

Oil  City  (3d  year  optional) Oil  City,  Pa. 

Polyclinic Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Presbyterian Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Sisters  of  Charity  (will  be  3  soon) Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

St.  Agnes ' Philadelphia,  Pa. 

St.  Elizabeth's Boston,  Mass. 

St.  John's Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

St.  Joseph's  {2j4  years) Chicago,  111. 

St.  Joseph's Philadelphia,  Pa. 

St.  Joseph's  (will  soon  be  3) Paterson,  N.  J. 

St.  Luke's New  York. 

St.  Mary's  {2j4  years) Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

State  University  of  Iowa,  Homeopathic  Department 

Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Toronto  General Toronto,   Canada. 

Virginia Richmond,  Va. 

Winnipeg  General Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  Canada. 

Woman's Philadelphia,    Pa. 

vn. 
SCHOOLS  OFFERING  A  POST-GRADUATE 

COURSE. 

(Those  marked  *  are  exclusively  for  graduates;  —  the  others  offer  a 
Post-Graduate  couroe  of  varying  length  to  graduates  of  other 
Schools.  Schools  restricting  the  course  to  their  own  graduates 
are  not  included. ) 


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WeIch^«  Grape  Juice  is  juice  squeezed  from  luscious, 
fruity,  appetizingf  Concord  Grapes,  g^rown  on  Lake 
Erie,  in  Chautauqua  County,  New  York  State* 

Welch's  Grape  Juice  is  a  delicious  beverasfe  in 
health;  a  sustainins:  liquid  diet  in  sickness;  a  tonic 
food  in  convalescence*  The  weak  stomach  retains  it 
when  nothing  else  will  stay  down* 

It  is  a  blood-maker  and  waste-restorer  —  a  friend 
to  the  sick — the  doctor's  assistant* 

It  is  without  a  drop  of  water  or  a  particle  of 
alcohol*  It  is  pressed,  sterilized,  and  hermetically  sealed 
in  new  bottles  by  the  cleanest  methods  possible* 


IvCxington  Heights  Hospital,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  Jennie  S.  Cottle,  Superintendent, 
in  The  Nursing  IVorld  of  October,  1896,  in 
an  article  on  Typhoid  Fever,  says :  "I 
have  used  Welch's  Grape  Juice  as  a  diet 
in  Typhoid  Fever  and  have  never  had 
any  disagreeable  effect  from  it.  Our  line 
of  diet  consists  of  milk,  buttermilk, 
chicken  broth,  beef  tea,  mutton  broth, 
albumen  water,  Welch's  Grape  Juice  and 
champagne." 


Endorsed  by 

Physicians 

Nurses 

Patients 


The  Suffolk  Dispensary,  Boston,  uses  "Welch's 
Grape  Juice,  and  writes  thus  of  it : 

"  We  have  watched  its  direct  results  in  a  number  of  somewhat 
peculiar  and  complicated  cases,  and  in  every  instance  its  effect  has  been 
of  great  and  permanent  benefit  to  the  patient.  When  the  system  has 
been  found  in  a  very  low  state,  and  the  blood  of  the  poorest  character,  it 
has  proved  a  wonderful  tonic,  and  the  recovery  more  marked  than  in 
cases  when  its  use  has  been  omitted." 

Booklet  free.     3-o;.  bottle  by  mail,  10  cents  in  stamps 

THE  WELCH  QRAPE  JUICE  CO. 

Westtield,  N.  Y. 

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Binghamtoii  City Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Boston  Lying- In  Hospital Boston,  Mass. 

Brooklyn Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

BrooklynMaternity  (Homeopathic)  $25  fee  .  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 
Central  Dispensary  and  Emergency  .    .  Washington,  D.  C. 

Chicago Chicago,  111. 

City Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

City  and  County San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Dixie Hampton,  Va. 

Eastern  Michigan Pontiac,  Mich. 

*  Fitch  Accident Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

*Free,  for  Women, (course,  10  months)   .   Brookline,  Mass. 

Infants Boston,  Mass. 

Jefferson  Maternity Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Jewish Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I^ady  Stanley  Institute Ottawa,  Canada. 

Maryland  General  Haspital  (i  year)  .    .    .  Baltimore,  Md. 

*  Massachusetts  Charitable  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary  (course 

4  months) Boston,  Mass. 

*  New  York  Cancer  (course,  7  months)  ....  New  York. 

New  York New  York. 

Polyclinic Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Providence  I^ying-In  (course,  6  months)  .  Providence,  R.  I. 

Post-Graduate Chicago,  111. 

Red  Cross New  York. 

St.  Andrew's  Infirmary  for  Women New  York. 

St.  Elizabeth's Boston,  Mass. 

St.  John's I/)well,  Mass. 

St.  Marks New  York. 

State  University,  Homeopathic  Dep't  .    .  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 
Virginia Richmond,  Va. 

*  Woman's  (course,  6  months) New  York. 

Woman's Philadelphia,  Pa. 

vm. 

HOMEOPATHIC  TRAINING  SCHOOLS. 

Brooklyn  Homeopathic Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Brooklyn  Homeopathic  Maternity  ....  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Brooklyn  Memorial  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

City  . Trenton,  N.  J. 

Cleveland  Homeopathic  ("Huron  St.  Hospital") 

Cleveland,  O. 
Grace Detroit,  Mich. 


WHY  IS 


The  Wagner  Chart 


THE  BEST? 


Because. 

FIRST — It  is  the  simplest  and  most  complete  in  arrange- 
ment* 

SECOND — It  is  the  most  practical  and  economical  in  use* 

THIRD  —  It  has  reached  its  present  popularity  solely  by 
its  own  merits,  since  published  and  copyrighted  in  t890 
and  '93  by  the  author,  Miss  FRIEDA  E,  WAGNER, 
,  Otaduate  of  Be/Ievue  Hospital. 

¥¥¥¥¥¥ 

It  is  endorsed  by  Prominent  Physicians  and  sold  by  all 
Leading  Druggists  and  Surgical  Instrument  Makers  t^  .^ 

¥¥¥¥¥¥ 

Fraser  &  Qo. 

...General  Agents 

262  FIFTH  AVENUE,   NEW  YORK 

¥¥¥¥¥¥ 

MEDICAL  RECORD,  JO  x  J2,  pad  of  50,  75  Cents 
TEMPERATURE  CHART,  JO  x  12,  pad  of  50,  75c. 

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246  HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 

Grace Toronto,  Canada. 

Hahnemann Chicago,  111. 

"  New  York. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hargous  Memorial  Hahnemann Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Homeopathic  ( ' '  Pittsburgh  Training  School ' ' ) 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Homeopathic • Portland,  Ore. 

Homeopathic Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Homeopathic Wilmington,  Del. 

"Huron  St.  Hospital" — see  Cleveland  Homeopathic. 

Massachusetts  Homeopathic Boston,  Mass. 

Metropolitan New  York. 

National  Homeopathic Washington,  D.  C. 

Portland  Homeopathic Portland,  Oregon. 

Rhode  Island  Homeopathic Providence,  R.  I. 

State  Homeopathic,  for  Insane   ....   Middletown,  N.  Y. 
State  University  of  Iowa  (Homeopathic  Department) 

Iowa  City,  Iowa. 
University  of  Michigan  (Homeopathic  Department) 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
IX. 

TRAINING  SCHOOLS  ATTACHED  TO  HOS- 
PITALS WHERE  BOTH  SCHOOLS  OF 
MEDICINE  PRACTICE. 

Baptist  Hospital Chicago,  111. 

City Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

City Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Cook  County  (Illinois  T.  S.) Chicago,  111. 

Fabiola Oakland,  Cal. 

Faxton Utica,  N.  Y. 

Maiden Maiden,  Mass. 

North  Adams North  Adams,  Mass. 

Thrall Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Toledo Toledo,  Ohio. 

X. 
TRAINING  SCHOOLS  ATTACHED  TO  HOS- 
PITALS FOR  WOMEN  AND  CHILDREN. 

California  Woman's  Hospital San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Children's Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Children's Boston,  Mass. 

Children's Philadelphia,   Pa. 


The  Common-Sense  Restorative 

The  established  success  of  this  preparation,  which 
has  met  every  test,  is  so  great  that  it  is  chosen  by 
practical  physicians  as 

A  Blood  and  Tissue-Maker 
Without  a  peerotoi 

From  one  to  three  teaspoonfuls  thrice  daily  in 
a  wine  glass  of  cold  water,  dry  wine  or  beer,  will 
quickly  bring  up  the  body  weight  and  restore  pa- 
tients weakened  by  illness  or  nerve  strain. 


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Children's  (see  "Hospital  for")    .    .    .   Toronto,  Canada. 

Free  Hospital  for  Women Brookline,  Mass. 

Highland  Park  Sanitarium Montgomery,  Ala. 

Hospital  for  Sick  Children Toronto,  Canada. 

Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  .    .    .  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Infants  (only  graduates  employed) Boston,  Mass. 

Jane  C.  Stormont  Woman's Topeka,  Kan. 

Jennie  Casseday  Infirmary  for  Women  .    .    .  Louisville,  Ky. 

Mary  Thompson Chicago,  111. 

Memorial  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Mitchell's  and  Maury's  Sanitarium  for  Women 

Memphis,  Tenn. 
New  England  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children 

Boston,  Mass. 
New  York  Infirmary  for  Women  and  Children  .    .  New  York. 

St.  Andrew's  Infirmary  for  Women New  York. 

Syracuse  Hospital  for  Women  and  Children,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
West  Philadelphia  Hospital  for  Women 

West  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Woman's Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Woman's Chicago,  111. 

Woman's  (P.  G.  Course  only) New  York. 

Woman's Philadelphia,    Pa. 

Woman's St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Woman's Saginaw,  Mich. 

Woman's  Charity  Club  ....  Roxbury  (Boston),  Mass. 
Woman's  Christian  Ass'n Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

XL 
TRAINING  SCHOOLS  ATTACHED  TO  OBSTETRIC 

HOSPITALS. 

Boston  Lying-in Boston,  Mass. 

Brooklyn  Maternity Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Jefferson  Maternity Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Philadelphia  Lying-in  Charity Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Providence  Lying-in Providence,  R.  I. 

XIL 

TRAINING  SCHOOLS  KNOWN  BY  NAME,  WITH 

NAME  OF  HOSPITALS  TO  WHICH  ATTACHED 

OR  WITH  WHICH  IDENTIFIED. 

Ashland  Training  School  .  Dodd's  Hospital,  Ashland,  Wis. 
Bethesda  Training  School, 

German- American  Hospital,  Chicago,  111. 


No  Injection  of  Air 


WITH  THE 


Alpha... 


Continuous  Flow 
Syringes : 

EASIEST  TO  OPERATE, 


ADVANTAGES 

The  "  ALPHA  "  and  the  "  OMEGA  "  SYRINGES  are  perfectly  simple 
in  construction. 

They  have  no  more  parts  than  the  old  style  or  ordinary  Syringes. 

They  entirely  obviate  the  intermittent,  and  in  many  cases  painful, 
action  of  Pump  Syringes. 

They  absolutely  prevent  the  admission  and  consequently  dangerous 
injection  of  air,  so  common  with  all  intermittent  or  old  style  Syringes. 

Unlike  all  Fountain,  Rubber  Bag  or  Pump  Syringes,  the  flow  is  not 
only  continuous,  but  can  be  made  either  gentle  or  strong  at  the  will  of  the 
user,  the  pressure  of  the  thumb  and  forefinger  being  sufficient  to  produce  a 
full  stream. 

Tfu  steady  flow  can  be  increased,  lessened  or  stopped  at  will. 

The  continuous  flow  of  the  injecting  fluid  througn  the  nozzle  while  the 
Syringe  is  in  use  prevents  the  fecalized fluids  from  being  drawn  back  into 
the  rubber  bulb  and  tube,  which  oftens  happens  in  the  use  of  intermittent 
Syringes,  rendering  them,  offensive  and  very  dangerous. 

Beware  of  disease  from  using  Syringes  which  have  become  foul  by  the 
retention  of  fecalized  fluids  drawn  back  into  the  rubber  tubing,  and  then 
laid  away  to  decompose. 

Ovu:  continuous  flow  absolutely  prevents  this  backward  action  found  in 
all  other  Syringes.  Hence  the  "ALPHA"  and  "OMEGA"  Syringes  are 
the  only  aseptic  Syringes  now  made. 

The  "ALPHA"  Syringes  have  received  the  indorsement  and  praise  of 
the  highest  medical  authorities  as  being  the  safest  and  easiest  S3^nge 
known  for  invalids  to  operate — never  tiring  the  hand,  perfect  in  cleanm 
ness,  durability  and  efficiency. 


SOLD  BY 

ALL  DRUaaiSTS 


PARKER,  STEARNS  &  SUTTON 

Manufacturers  of  Fine  Rubber  Goods^  N.  Y. 


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HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 


Bishop  Memorial  Training  School, 

House  of  Mercy,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 
Cleveland  Training  School, 

Cleveland  Homeopathic  (or  Huron  St.)  Hospital. 
Connecticut  Training  School  ....  New  Haven  Hospital. 
Farrand  Training  School  .  Harper  Hospital,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Home  Training  School, 

Emergency  Hospital,  Fall  River,  Mass. 
Illinois  Training  School, 

Cook  County  and  Presbyterian  Hospitals,  Chicago,  111. 
lyady  Stanley  Institute, 

General  Protestant,  Ottawa  Maternity  and  Contagious 
Hospitals,  Ottawa,  Canada. 
Mack  Training  School, 

General  and  Marine  Hospital,  St.  Catherines,  Canada. 
Mills  (Male)  Training  School, 

Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York. 
New  York  State  Training  School, 

Brooklyn  Maternity  Hospital. 
North  Western  Training  School, 

Riverside  Hospital,  Wausau,  Wis. 
Pittsburgh  Training  School, 

Pittsburgh  Homeopathic  Hospital. 
Pittsfield  Training  School  .  .  .  Same  as  Bishop  Memorial. 
Wisconsin  Training  School,  Various  Hospitals  in  Milwaukee. 


For 


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WYETH'5 
BEEF  JUICE. 


Wyeth'9  Beep  Juice  will  be  found  of  great 
value  as  a  strengthening  diet  in  cases  of  con- 
valescence, consumption,  nervous  prostration, 
and  similar  diseases;  also,  in  typhoid  /ever, 
debility,  etc.  Beef  Tea  prepared  from  it  contains 
more  nourishment  than  any  other  liquid  prepar- 
ation of  meat,  and  when  properly  seasoned,  is 
more  grateful  and  appetizing  to  the  patient 

Directions. — In  cases  of  debility,  nervons 
prostration,  convalescence,  etc.,  one-half  to  one 
teaspoonful,  in  a  half  tumblerful  of  iced  or  luke- 
warm water. 

Caution. — As  the  valuable  albuminous  ele- 
ments are  rendered  insoluble  by  extreme  heat, 
this  preparation  should  only  be  mixed  with  iced 
or  I,UKE-WARM  water,  and  never  with  water  at 
the  boiling  point. 

Each  Bottle  Represents  All  the  Nutriment 

Contained  in  Three  Pounds  of 

Selected  Beef. 


GLYCERINE  SUPPOSITORIES 

FOR    BABIBS    AND    YOUNG    CHILDRKN. 


No.  207  G. 

For  the  Relief  of  Constipation,  Either  Temporary  or  Chronic. 

By  the  use  of  these  Suppositories,  which  are  composed  of  the  purest  Glycerine 
and  Stearine  Soap,  immediate  and  thorough  evacuations  can  be  induced ;  and  when 
it  is  realized  how  very  simple  is  their  use,  and  that  they  are  so  efficient,  so  convenient 
and  so  prompt  in  their  action,  the  physician  and  those  in  charge  of  the  babe  will 
always  use  them  in  preference  to  any  form  of  enema. 

Directions. — ^The  nurse  should  hold  a  Suppository  at  large  end  in  the  folds  of  a 
napkin,  inserting  the  small  end  into  the  rectum  of  the  child  or  babe  as  far  as  possible* 
holding  it  there  five  minutes  or  more ;  an  easy  evacuation  will  be  indnced  immediately. 


JOHN  WYETH  &  BROTHER, 


Manufacturing  Clienaiata, 


PHILADELPHIA. 


xra. 
QUESTIONS  ASKED  OF  CANDIDATES  FOR 

ADMISSION  AS  PROBATIONERS. 


(No  one  school  asks  all  of  these  questions,  but  each  of 
them  is  asked  by  some  one  school,  and  most  of  them  by  all 
schools.) 

PHYSICAL. 


1.  Name  in  full  of  candidate  (not  initials  or  any  pet  name). 

2.  Address,  and  nearest  telegraph  station. 
Age.     Date  and  place  of  birth. 
Color.     , 
Height. 
Weight. 
Bust  measure. 
Color  of  hair. , 
Color  of  eyes. 

Are  you,  or  have  you  been,  lame? 
Do  you  wear  glasses?  if  so,  why? 
Are  your  sight  and  hearing  perfect  ? 
Are  both  your  parents  living?     If  not,  what  was  the 

cause  of  death? 

Have  you,  or  have  you  had,  any  uterine  disease? 

Have  you  any  physical  defect  or  blemish  ? 

Are  your  teeth  in  good  condition  ? 

Have  you  any  known  tendency  to  any  disease,  particu- 
larly of  the  lungs? 

What  illnesses  have  you  had — particularly  rheumatism, 
pneumonia,  measles,  scarlet  fever,  quinsy  or  other 
throat  disease? 

How  lately  have  you  been  under  a  doctor's  care,  and 
for  what  disease  ? 

Have  you  been  successfully  vaccinated,  and  when? 

Do  you  use  liquor,  opium,  or  other  drugs,  or  tobacco? 

Are  you  strong  and  healthy,  and  have  you  always 
been  so? 

EDUCATIONAL. 


3- 

4- 

5- 
6. 

7. 
8. 

9- 

ID. 
II. 
12. 

14. 
16. 

18. 


19. 

20. 
21. 
22. 


23.  Where  were  you  educated  ? 

24.  At  academy,  high  school,  or  college? 

25.  If  college- bred,  have  you  a  diploma? 


HOW  TO  NOURISH 


THE  PATIENT 


is  a  most  important  and  perplexing  question, 
and  on«  that  frequently  devolves  upon  the 
NURSE  TO  ANSWER. 


TS 


POOD 


and  you  have  the  answer  in  the  most  satis- 
factory form  possible. 

This  Food  is  highly  endorsed  both  by  medical  men  and  mem- 
bers of  your  own  profession.  It  is  easily  retained,  digested  and 
assimilated;  besides  being  palatable  end  taken  with  relish  and 
acceptability  by  all  patients.  It  is  noi  only  an  ideal  food  for 
infants  but  in  convalescence  from  Typhoid  Fever  and  other  wast- 
ing diseases,  or  derangements  of  the  digestive  functions  from 
whatever  cause,  or  irritability  of  the  stomach  it  is  invaluable,  and 
has  so  proven  in  hundreds  of  cases  reported  to  us. 

Write  for  free  samples  and  clinical  reports  from  physicians 
and  nurses. 

SMITH,  KLINE  &  FRENCH  CO. 

Manufacturers  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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HOW  TO  BECOME  A  TRAINED  NURSE. 


26.  Have  you  taught  school  ? 

27.  What  books  have  you  read? 

28.  Can  you  speak  any  foreign  languages  ? 

29.  Can  you  speak  English  correctly  ? 

30.  Can  you  write  legibly  ? 

31.  Ha^'e  you  knowledge  of  Arithmetic  as  far  as  percentage  ? 

32.  Do  you  sing,  or  play  any  musical  instrument? 

33.  Do  you  sew  well  ? 

34.  Have  you  any  knowledge  of  housework  ? 


PERSONAL. 

35 .  Are  you  single ,  engaged ,  married ,  divorced ,  or  widowed  ? 

36.  Have  you  children?     How  many?    Ages?     How  are 

they  provided  for? 

37.  Have  you  any  one  dependent  on  you  ? 

38.  Have  you  any  private  means  of  your  own? 

39.  What  is  your  religious  belief? 

40.  What  is  your  denomination? 

41.  In  what  denomination  were  you  baptized? 

42.  Are  you  now  a  regular  communicant  ? 

43.  Give  name  and  address  of  your  clergyman. 

44.  Are  you  free  from  responsibility,  so  that  you  are  not 

likely  to  be  called  away  ? 

45.  What  is  your  present  occupation  or  employment,  if  any, 

outside  of  household  or  domestic  duties  ? 

46.  Why  do  you  wish  to  leave  it  ? 

47.  Former  occupation  for  five  years? 

48.  Your  father's  occupation? 

49.  Name  and  addresses  of  two  (or  three)  persons,  (one  at 

least  a  lady) ,  not  relatives,  who  have  known  you  at 
least  two  years. 

50.  Have  you  full  consent  of  your  parents  or  guardians  to 

enter  this  school? 

51.  Are  you  now  negotiating  or  under  engagement  with 

any  other  school  ? 


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52.  Have  you  had  any  special  experience  in  nursing? 

53.  Have  you  ever  nursed  before,  or  been  in  any  Training 

School? 

54.  Have  you  ever  been  rejected  by  any  school?  What  one, 

and  why? 

55.  Have  you  nursed  in  private  families? 


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rubber  ia  heavier  than  in  any  other 
kindly  and  it  will  last  longer. 

3.  It  is  made  of  pure  rubber  and 
will  not  make  the  baby's  mouth  sore. 

4.  It  has  a  ball  shape  top^  which 
enables  the  baby  to  take  a  firm  hold. 

5.  It  has  three  small  holes  which 
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56.  Have  you  had  any  experience  in  nursing  the  insane, 

and  in  what  capacity  ? 

57.  Do  you  intend  following  nursing  as  a  profession? 

58.  Do  you  object  to  the  menial  duties  inseparable  from  the 

profession  ? 
^9.    Have  you  fear  of  any  disease  to  the  care  of  which  you 
may  be  assigned? 

60.  Are  you  willing  to  act  as  Night  Nurse  ? 

61.  Are  you  willing  to  take  charge  of  male  patients  (if 

necessary)  to  begin  with? 

62.  Are  you  willing  to  wear  the  uniform  of  this  school,  after 

graduation,  when  on  duty? 

63.  Do  you  promise  to  maintain,  whenever  on  duty,  the 

cleanliness  and  order  of  the  ward  in  which  you  are 
serving,  and  to  implicitly  obey  the  orders  of  your 
superiors  in  charge? 

64.  If  accepted,  do  you  promise  to  remain  throughout  the 

entire  course  of  two  (or  three)  years  ? 

65.  Have  you  read,   and  do  you   clearly  understand  and 

agree  to  all  the  stipulations  and  conditions  herein 
contained  ? 

Candidates  should  also  furnish  a  physician's  certificate  of 
liealth,  which  has  sometimes  to  be  supplemented  by  a  physi- 
<:al  examination  by  the  school's  medical  examiner.  They 
are  also  frequently  examined  in  the  ordinary  branches  of  an 
English  education. 

A  photograph  of  applicant  is  also  frequently  required  sent 
■with  application. 

Always  two,  sometimes  more  persons,  not  related  to  appli- 
cant, are  required  to  endorse  her  application.  It  is  fre- 
quently required  that  one  of  these  be  a  clergyman. 


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TRAINING-SCHOOL  MOTTOES. 

Motto  ot 
City  Hospital,  Newark,  N.  J. 


AFPSRO  Spbm. 

{I  bring  hope.) 


AI.T8RUM  Al^TBRIVS  AUXII,I0  BGBT. 

( The  one  needs  the  help  of  the  other. ) 

State  Insane  Hospital,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Arbbit  Adbi,t. 

( Work  Ennobles. ) 

Orange  Memorial  Hospital,  Orange,  N.  J. 

As  YE  Would  That  Mbn  Shoui<d  Do  To  You,  Do  Yb  A1.S0  To 
Thbm  Likbwisb. 

{St.  Luke  VI.  31.) 

Cottage  Hospital,  Peoria,  III, 

Bb  Faithfui,  Untii,  Dbath, 

Westmoreland  Hospital,  Greensburg,  Pa. 
Bb  Yb  Faithfui,. 

St.  Mary's  Hospital^  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

But  thb  Grbatbst  of  Thbsb  is  Charity. 
(,1  Cor.  XIII :  13.) 

St.  Joseph's  Hospital,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
Charity. 

St.  Elizabeth's  Hospital,  Boston. 

Crux  Mihi  Anchora. 

( The  Cross  my  Anchor.^ 

Milwaukee  City  ana  County  Hospital,  Wauwatosa,  Wis. 

Dbo  bt  Humanitati. 

( God  and  Humanity. )  ' 

Brooklyn  Homeopathic  Hospital. 

KvBR  Lbvbi.,  Evbr  Trub. 

{^Building  of  the  Ship,  Longfellow.) 

Grace  Hospital,  Detroit. 

KxCBI«SIOR. 

City  Hospital,  Augusta,  Ga. 
Faithfui,. 

Wesley  Hospital,  Chicago. 

Faithfui.  in  Litti,b,  Faithfui,  in  Much. 

Polyclinic  Hospital,  Philadelphia. 

FiDB  BT  FORTITUDINB. 

(^By  Faith  and  Fortitude. ) 

Fabiola  Hospital,  Oakland,  Cat. 
FlDBUS. 

{Faithful.) 

Old  Dominion  Hospital,  Richmond,  Va. 


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St.  Vincent  de  Paul  Hospital,  Norfolk,  Va, 


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Motto  of 
Bethany  Hospital,  Kansas  City,  Kan. 

I  Cams  Not  to  bb  Ministbrbd  Unto,  But  to  Ministbk. 

John  N.  Norton  Memorial  Infirmary,  Louisville,  Ky. 
ICH  DiBN. 

{I  serve.) 

Clinton  Hospital,  Clinton,  Mass. 
In  GrOD's  Namb. 

Cleveland,  {Ohio,)  Homeopathic  Hospital. 

KNOWI.BDGS  IS  POWBR. 

City  Hospital,  Binghamton,  N.  V. 
MiSBRIS  SUCCURRBRB  DiSCO. 

(/ learn  to  succor  the  zvretched.) 

Grace  Hospital,  Toronto. 
NoN  Nobis  Solum. 

{Not  for  ourselves  alone.) 

Lakeside  Hospital,  Chicago. 
NOSCB  Tb  Ipsum. 

{Know  Thyself.) 

City  Hospital,  Louisville,  Ky. 

'S<yr  For  Oursbi.vbs  Ai,onb. 

State  Insane  Hospital,  Fergus  Falls,  Minn. 
N'ouBWBz  Pas. 

{Do  not  forget.) 

Newport  Hospital,  Newport,  R.  I. 

Officio  Fidbus. 

{Faithful  to  duty. ) 

Post-Graduate  Hospital,  Chicago. 
«  <i 

Salem  Hospital,  Salem.,  Mass. 
Qui  Non  Proficit  Dbficit. 

(  Who  does  not  help  is  useless.) 

Post-Graduate  Hospital,  N.  Y. 

Sai,us  Gbnbris  Humani. 

( The  welfare  of  humankind. ) 

Presbyterian  Hospital,  N.  Y. 

SciBNTiA  INOPUM  Amiga. 

{Knowledge  is  friendly  to  the  helpless.) 

Long  Island  College  Hospital,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

SBI«F-C0NTR0I,  and  KNOWI.BDGB. 

All  Saints  Hospital,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Sbmpbr  Fidbus. 

{Always  Faithful. ) 

St.  Joseph^ s  Hospital,  Chicago. 

Sbrvio  et  Sbrvito. 

{I  serve,  and  for  hint  who  is  served. ) 

City  Hospital,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Tbmfus  Fugit. 

{Time  flies.) 

Melrose  Hospital,  Melrose,  Mass. 

To  Bb  Of  Usb. 

Woman's  Charity  Club  Hospital,  Roxbury  {Boston). 


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Motto  op 
City  Hospital,  Holyoke,  Mass. 
Bridgeport  Hospital,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 


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( That  I  may  do  good. ) 


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Video  kt  Taceo. 

(/  observe  and  am  silent. ) 

Mack  Training  School,  General  and  Marine 
Hospital,  St.  Catharines,  Canada. 

VoTA  Vita  Mea. 

{I  have  devoted  my  life. ) 

Mercy  Hospital,  Chicago. 
<<  II 

Mt.  Sinai  Hospital,  N.  Y. 

Wherefore  Lift  Up  the  Hands  Which  Hang  Down,  and  the 
PEEBI.E  Knees,  and  Make  Straight  Paths  For  Your 
Feet,  Lest  That  Which  is  Lame  be  Turned  Out  of  the 
Way;  But  Let  it  Rather  be  Heai^ed. 
{Heb.  XH ;  12.) 

National  Temperance  Hospital,  Chicago. 


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Best  takes  advantage  of  all  help  she  can  secure  for  pro> 
moting  the  recovery  and  comfort  of  the  patient.  Those 
who  would  succeed  best  should  have  and  use 

Dn  f  omf  $ 
massage  Rollers 

These  consist  of  a  series  of  wheels,  about  i^  inches  in  diameter,  on  a 
flexible  axle ;  around  the  centre  of  each  is  a  band  or  buffer  ot  elastic 
rubber.    This  is  set  in  a  suitable  handle  and  is  convenient  for  use. 

Niar»c«  are  often  called  upon  to  rub  the  patient  to  relieve  pain  and 
nervousnea  \,  and  frequently  at  night  to  promote  sleep  and  rest.  This  is 
often  A  severe  tax  on  the  strength  and  vitality. 

Every  nurae  should  have  for  use  one  of  these  Rollers,  which  will  do 
more  for  the  patient  than  can  be  done  with  the  hand,  and  without  the 
fatigue  which  accompanies  the  hand  work. 

Invalid*,  when  not  too  weak,  can  frequently  use  this  themselves 
pleasantly  anu  advantageously,  securing  massage  and  gentle  exercise  at 
the  same  time. 

Every  one  troubled  with  indigestion,  constipation,  biliousness,  nerve  exhaustion,  debility, 
emaciation,  neuralgia,  rheumatism,  paralysis,  sluggish  circulation,  cold  feet,  etc.,  etc.,  should  have 
and  use  the  Roller.  It  is  no  less  important  a  measure  for  preserving  health  than  for  curing 
disease,  giving  tone  and  elasticity  to  the  system. 

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we  are  able  to  give  special  attention  to  suppfying  books  for  nurses. 
We  have  a  large  stock  of  works  on  ^Nursing,  Hygiene,  Popular  Medi- 
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Special  attention  given  to  orders  to  be  forwarded  to  a  distance,  by 
mail  or  express.  Upon  receipt  of  the  price,  any  book  will  be  delivered, 
free,  to  any  address.  Money  should  be  forwarded  by  Post-OfRce 
Order,  Draft,  or  Registered  Letter. 

Gould's  Pocket  Medical  Dictionary  for  Nurses. 

12,000  Medical  Words  Pronounced  and  Defined 

..A  Pronouncmg  Lexicon  of  Medical  Words,  specially 
adapted  for  Nurses,  including  many  Useful  Tables  and  a 
complete'^ Dose  List^  in  both  the  Englih  and  Metric 
Systems. 

By  QEORQE  M.  GOULD,  M.D., 

Author  of  "An  Illustrated  Dictionary  of  Medicine^ 

Biology  and  Allied  Sciences, "  "  The  Students 

Medical  Dictionary,  ^^  etc. 

Pocket  Size,  317  pages,  Gilt  Edges,  Full  Morocco, 
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XV. 
LIST  OF  BOOKS  FOR  NURSES. 

Accideats  and  Emerfencies:  (what  to  do  first  in).   C.  W.  Dni,i.ES,  M.  D. 

Fourth  Edition,  Cloth,  i2mo,  |i.oo  net. 
Aid  to  the  Injured,  Prompt.    A.  H.  Doty.    $1.50  net. 
Anatomy  and  Physiology  for  Nurses.    Diana  C.  Kimbbr.    8vo,  Cloth, 

Illustrated,  I2.50. 
Antisepsis    and    Antiseptics.    C.   M.   Buchanan,   M.   D.     Illustrated, 

i2mo,  I1.25. 
Aseptic  Technique,  Aids  to.    A.  D.  Whiting,  M.  D.     i2mo,  |i.oo. 
Bahy.    Care  of  the.    J.  P.  Crozbr  Grippith,  M.  D.    I1.50. 
Care  of  the  Sick.    Prop.  Bili^roth,  M.  D.    I2.00. 
Charts  for  Recording  Surgical  Cases,  Clinical.    7  outline  illustrations  of 

the  human  body.     In  pads  of  50.     |i.oo  per  pad  net. 
Child'Bed  Nursing.    Chari.bs  Jbwbtt,  M.  D.    Linen,  50c. 
Children,  Care  and  Feeding  of.  L.  Emmbtt  Hoi,t,  M.  D.  i6mo,  40c.  net. 
Xbildren,  Care  of    Ei<izabbth  R.  Scovil,  M.  D.    i6mo,  |i.oo. 
Children.    Diets  for.    Louis  Starr,  M.  D.    I1.25. 
Children.    How  to  Feed.    Louisk  E.  Hogan.    |i.oo. 
Children,  Management  of.  In  Siclcness,  and  in  Health.     Amy  M.  Hai,s, 

M.  D.     i6mo,  50c.  net. 
impend  of  Anatomy.  S.  O.  L.  Pottbr,  M.  D.   Fifth  Edition.   289  pp., 

i2mo,  80C.  net. 
~^^i»»Compend  of  Physiology.    A.  P.  Brubakbr,  M.  D.    Seventh  Edition, 

Cloth,  80C.  net. 
Compcnd   of   Surgery.     Orvii:<i,b  HorwiTz,  M.  D.     Fifth  Edition, 

324  pp..  Cloth,  80c.  net. 
Cooking,  Advice  to,  for  Nurses.    Mary  S.  Lincoi«n. 
Dictionary  of  12,000  Medical  Words,  Pronounced  and  Defined.    Gborgb  M. 

Goui,D,  M.  D.    64mo,  leather,  |i.oo  net. 
Diet  for  the  Sick.    Hbndbrson.    I1.50. 
Diet  for  the  Sfck.    J.  W.  Hoi,i,and.    i6mo,  40c.  net. 
Diet  in  Sickness  and  in  Health.    Mrs.  Ernest  Hart.    I1.50. 
«.»    Dose  agd  Sya^tdm  Badlul  Joseph  H.  Wythe,  M.  D.    Seventeenth 

Kciition,  Ulolti,  7gt.  net. 
Ear,  Disease  and  Injuries  of.    Cnas.  H.  Burnett,  M.  D.    i2mo,  |i.oo. 
Elementary  Bandaging.    Wai«ter  Pyb.    75c.  net. 
Emergencies.    —  Bei«i«,  M.  D. 

laiergencles,  Surgical.    Paui,  Swain,  M.  D.    i2mo,  I1.75. 
Feeding  of  Infanti,  The.    Cauti.by.    I2.00. 


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F«ver  Nuriinf.    J.  C.  Wilson,  M.  D.    i2mo,  |i.oo. 
Handbook  for  Hospitali.    Wooi^by.  , 

Handbook  for  Nurici,  Connecticut  Tralninf  School.    I1.35. 

Hospital  Notes.    Plorbncs  Nightingale.    Out  of  print;  about  |3.oo 

if  imported  from  England. 

Hoipltal  Slaters  and  their  Duties.    Eva  L.  LtJCKSS.    88c. 

Human  Body,  The.    Martin.    I2.75. 
—Humphry's  Manual  of  Nursing.     Lawrencb  Humphry,  M.  D.     Six- 
teenth Edition,  Illustrated,  i2mo.  Cloth,  |i.oo  net. 
Hygiene  of  the  Nursery.    Louis  Starr,  M.  D.    Fourth  Edition,  Illus- 
trated.    i2mo,  280  pp.,  Cloth,  |i.oo  net. 
Hygiene  of  the  Slck«room.  Wm.  B.  Canpibld,  M.  D.    i2mo,  Cloth,  I1.25 

net. 
Infant    Diet.    Abraham  Jacobi,  M.  D.     Revised  by  Mary  Putnam 

Jacobi,  M.  D.     i2mo,  50c. 
Invalid  Cookery.    Mary  S.  Boland.    Cloth,  |2.oo. 
Lectures   on   Medicine  to  Nurses.     Hsrbbrt   Cufp,  M.  D.     lamo. 

Cloth,  |i.oo  net. 
Manual  for  Monthly  Nurses.     Charlbs  T.   Culuncworth,   M.  D. 

Third  Edition,  40c.  net. 
Manual  of  Qyaaecology.  H.  T.  Byford,  M.  D.  Second  Edition,  lamo, 

I3.00  net. 
Manual  of  Medical  and  Surgical  Nursing.    Charlbs  J.  Culling  worth, 
,  M.  D.    Third  Edition,  illustrated,  lamo,  Cloth,  75c.  net. 

Manual  of  Nurses.    Edward  J.  Domvillb,  M.  D.    Eighth  Edition^ 

Revised,  i2mo.  Cloth,  75c.  net. 
Manual  of  Nursing,  Beilevue  Hospital.    75c. 
Manual  of  Obstetrics.    Edward  P.  Davis,  M.  D.    Second  Edition  ^ 

i2mo,  Cloth,  I2.00  net. 
Massage.    J.  H.  Kbllogg,  M.  D.    I2.25  net. 
Massage,  Handbook  of.     Emil  KlBBN,   M.   D.     American   Edition, 

316  pp.,  8vo,  $2.25  net. 
Massage.    KurrB  W.  Ostrom.    Third  Edition,  Illustrated,  i2mo,  |i.oo 

net. 
MasBOtherapeatlcs  (Massage).    William  Murrbll,  M.  D.    Fifth  Edi. 

tion,  i2mo,  I1.25  net. 
Materia  Medica.  S.  O.  L.  Pottbr,  M.  D.  Fifth  Edition,  800  pp.,  I4.00. 

(Compend,  80c.) 
Materia  Medica  for  Nurses.   Lavinia  L.  Dock.    Third  Edition.    $1.50. 
Maternity,  Infancy,  Childhood.    John  M.  Kbating,  M.  D.    i2mo,  |i.oo. 
Medical  Nursing.    Andbrson.    |i.oo. 

Monthly  Nursing.    A.  Worcbstbr,  M.  D.    Second  Edition,  I1.25. 
Notes  for  Visiting  Nurses.    Rosalind  G.  Shawb.    i2mo.  Cloth,  |i.oo 

net. 
JpNotes  on  Nursing.    What  it  Is,  and  what  it  is  not    Florbncb  Night- 
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—  Nartet' Dictionary.    Honnor  Mortbn.    |i.oo. 
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